Prevalence and predictors of chlamydia co-infection among patients infected with gonorrhoea at a sexual health clinic in Sydney

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 392-394

  Templeton, David J ^a,b,c   Manokaran, Niveditha ^a   O'Connor, Catherine C ^a,c,d  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

C. trachomatis; N. gonorrhoeae; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOGENITAL GONORRHOEA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864971799     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11146     Document Type: Article

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