Challenges in implementing the new BASHH guidelines for the management of gonorrhoea

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-147

  Rodgers, Samuel ^a   Murgatroyd, M ^a   Perez, K ^a   Kingston, M ^a   Lee, V ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antibiotic guidelines; bacterial disease; gonorrhoea; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Sexually transmitted infections; test of cure; treatment

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIBIOTIC GUIDELINES; BACTERIAL DISEASE; GONORRHOEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; TEST OF CURE; TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893493382     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413495822     Document Type: Article

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