Asymptomatic Mycoplasma genitalium infection amongst marginalised young people accessing a youth health service in Melbourne

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 299-302

  Henning, Dorothy ^a   Eade, Donna ^a   Langstone, Alison ^b   Bean Hodges, Alison ^c   Marceglia, Alexandra ^c   Azzopardi, Peter ^d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Headspace National Office   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescent; asymptomatic; Australia; female; male; marginalised; Mycoplasma genitalium; screening; Sexually transmitted infection; young people

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM INFECTION; MYCOPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; MALE; MARGINALISED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION; YOUNG PEOPLE;

ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895828900     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413502317     Document Type: Article

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