Spontaneous pharyngeal Chlamydia trachomatis RNA clearance. A cross-sectional study followed by a cohort study of untreated STI clinic patients in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 157-164

  Van Rooijen, Martijn S ^a   Van Der Loeff, Maarten F Schim ^a,b   Morré, Servaas A ^c,d   Van Dam, Alje P ^a,e   Speksnijder, Arjen G C L ^a,f   De Vries, Henry J C ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^f NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DOXYCYCLINE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM USE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FELLATIO; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNGEAL CHLAMYDIASIS; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROAT CULTURE; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX;

ADULT; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNX; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84928985939     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051633     Document Type: Article

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