Dysuria in the emergency department: Missed diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-230

  Wilbanks, Morgan D ^a   Galbraith, James W ^b   Geisler, William M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Dysuria; Emergency medicine; Infectious disease; Sexually transmitted disease; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; NITRITE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSURIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIC PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; YOUNG ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DYSURIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896948339     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.12.18989     Document Type: Article

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