Mycoplasma genitalium presence, resistance and epidemiology in Greenland

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gesink, Dionne C ^a   Mulvad, Gert ^b   Montgomery Andersen, Ruth ^c   Poppel, Upaluk ^c   Montgomery Andersen, Stephan ^c   Binzer, Aka ^c   Vernich, Lee ^a   Frosst, Gillian ^a   Stenz, Flemming ^d   Rink, Elizabeth ^e   Olsen, Ove Rosing ^f   Koch, Anders ^g   Jensen, Jørgen Skov ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Centre for Primary Care   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND   (Greenland)

^d National Board of Health   (Greenland)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Sisimiut Health Center Sisimiut   (Greenland)

^g STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Health services; Indigenous health; Mycoplasma genitalium; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860324649     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18203     Document Type: Article

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