The spread of Mycoplasma genitalium among men who have sex with men

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 455-456

  Edlund, M ^a   Blaxhult, A ^a   Bratt, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Homosexual; Men who have sex with men; MSM; Mycoplasma genitalium; Rectal; Sexually transmitted infection; Urethral to rectal transmission

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RECTAL DISEASES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 84864067900     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009411     Document Type: Article

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