Cross-sectional survey of treatment practices for urethritis at pharmacies, private clinics and government health facilities in coastal Kenya: Many missed opportunities for HIV prevention

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 583-589

  Mugo, Peter M ^a   Duncan, Sarah ^b   Mwaniki, Samuel W ^c   Thiong'o, Alexander N ^a   Gichuru, Evanson ^a   Okuku, Haile Selassie ^a   Van Der Elst, Elise M ^a   Smith, Adrian D ^d   Graham, Susan M ^a,e   Sanders, Eduard J ^a,f  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PROBENECID; QUINOLONE; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; TREATMENT DURATION; URETHRITIS; AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PHARMACIES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; URETHRITIS;

EID: 84891856286     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050979     Document Type: Article

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