First case of Chlamydia trachomatis L2b proctitis in a woman

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Peuchant, O ^a,b   Baldit, C ^c   Le Roy, C ^a,b   Trombert Paolantoni, S ^d   Clerc, M ^a,b   Bebear C ^a,b   de Barbeyrac, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Univ Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Robert Boulin   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE CERBA   (France)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Female; First case; L2b; Proctitis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM ULCER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TENESMUS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 81255171520     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03661.x     Document Type: Article

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