Prevalence and associations of genital ulcer and urethral pathogens in men presenting with genital ulcer syndrome to primary health care clinics in South Africa

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 880-885

  Lewis, David A ^a,b   Müller, Etienne ^a   Steele, Lisa ^c   Sternberg, Maya ^d   Radebe, Frans ^a   Lyall, Michael ^e   Ballard, Ronald C ^c   Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^c,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e City of Johannesburg Health Department   (South Africa)

^f Valle University of Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BURNING SENSATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSURIA; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL PAIN; GENITAL PRURITUS; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; CHANCRE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULCER; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINE;

EID: 84867747967     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318269cf90     Document Type: Article

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