What is the appropriate treatment for the management of rectal Chlamydia trachomatis in men and women?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 352-354

  Hathorn, Emma ^a   Opie, Catherine ^a   Goold, Penny ^a  

^a Whittall Street Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTAL CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS INFECTION; REINFECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864274329     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050466     Document Type: Article

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