Infections missed by urethral-only screening for chlamydia or gonorrhea detection among men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 922-924

  Marcus, Julia L ^a   Bernstein, Kyle T ^a,b   Kohn, Robert P ^a   Liska, Sally ^a   Philip, Susan S ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URETHRA;

EID: 80052964903     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31822a2b2e     Document Type: Article

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