Urethral lymphogranuloma venereum infections in men with anorectal lymphogranuloma venereum and their partners: The missing link in the current epidemic?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 607-608

  De Vrieze, Nynke Hesselina Neeltje ^a   Van Rooijen, Martijn ^a   Speksnijder, Arjen Gerard Cornelis Lambertus ^b   De Vries, Henry John C ^a,c,d  

^a Public Health Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANORECTAL LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOTYPE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; URETHRAL LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM INFECTION; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; EPIDEMICS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 84880548842     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000431359.26583.13     Document Type: Article

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