Treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium. Observations from a Swedish STD Clinic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Anagrius, Carin ^a   Loré, Britta ^a   Jensen, Jørgen Skov ^b  

^a Falu lasarett ^*  (Sweden)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM INFECTION; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SWEDEN; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SWEDEN;

MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM;

EID: 84875974965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061481     Document Type: Article

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