Lymphogranuloma venereum among men who have sex with men. An epidemiological and clinical review

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 697-704

  De Vrieze, Nynke Hesselina Neeltje ^a   De Vries, Henry John Christiaan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; HIV; lymphogranuloma venereum; male homosexuality; men who have sex with men; sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE INFECTION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COMPLICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COINFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84901019331     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2014.901169     Document Type: Article

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