Periodic presumptive treatment of curable sexually transmitted infections among sex workers: Recent experience with implementation

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Steen, Richard ^a,b   Chersich, Matthew ^b,c   De Vlas, Sake J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University of the Western Modderdam Road   (South Africa)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; Periodic presumptive treatment; Prostitution; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; GONORRHEA; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDLINE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIODIC PRESUMPTIVE TREATMENT; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84155162782     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32834e9ad1     Document Type: Review

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