Cross-sectional study of pharyngeal and genital chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections in emergency department patients

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 246-249

  Jenkins, Wiley D ^a   Nessa, Laurette L ^a   Clark, Ted ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANONYMOUS SEX; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THROAT CULTURE; URINALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEA; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OROPHARYNX; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899509028     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051358     Document Type: Article

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