Comparison of two Gram stain point-of-care systems for urogenital gonorrhoea among high-risk patients: Diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness before and after changing the screening algorithm at an STI clinic in Amsterdam

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 358-362

  Bartelsman, M ^a   Straetemans, M ^b   Vaughan, K ^b   Alba, S ^b   Van Rooijen, M S ^a   Faber, W R ^a,c   De Vries, Henry J C ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; LIDOCAINE;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIXED INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; PHENAZINES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84904705467     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051500     Document Type: Article

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