Who tests whom? A comprehensive overview of Chlamydia trachomatis test practices in a Dutch region among different STI care providers for urogenital, anorectal and oropharyngeal sites in young people: A cross-sectional study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 211-217

  Den Heijer, Casper D J ^a,b   Van Liere, G A F S ^a,b   Hoebe, C J P A ^a,b   Van Bergen, J E A M ^c,d   Cals, J W L ^e   Stals, F S ^f   Dukers Muijrers, N H T M ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS DIAGNOSTIC TEST; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAL CANAL; BACTERIURIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAL CANAL; BACTERIURIA; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OROPHARYNX; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URETHRA; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940203652     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052065     Document Type: Article

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