Asymptomatic urethritis is common and is associated with characteristics that suggest sexually transmitted etiology

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-274

  Gillespie, Catherine W ^a,b   Manhart, Lisa E ^b   Lowens, M Sylvan ^b,c   Golden, Matthew R ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRITIS;

EID: 84874104756     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31827c9e42     Document Type: Article

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