Laboratory-confirmed gonorrhea and/or chlamydia rates in clinically diagnosed pelvic inflammatory disease and cervicitis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1114-1117

  Burnett, Aaron M ^a   Anderson, Christopher P ^b   Zwank, Michael D ^a  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; CHLAMYDIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 84865482364     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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