Isolated pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae in heterosexual male contacts

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 983-985

  Thomson Glover, Rebecca ^a   Brown, Ruth ^a   Edirisinghe, Damitha N ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Gonorrhoea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae); heterosexual; men; pharyngeal; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COITUS; FEMALE; GONOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORAL SEX; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNPROTECTED SEX;

EUROPE; GONORRHOEA (NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE); HETEROSEXUAL; MEN; PHARYNGEAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887592272     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413491238     Document Type: Article

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