A comprehensive overview of urogenital, anorectal and oropharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing and diagnoses among different STI care providers: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  den Heijer, Casper D J ^a,b   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^a,b   van Liere, Geneviève A F S ^a,b   van Bergen, Jan E A M ^c,d   Cals, Jochen W L ^e   Stals, Frans S ^f   Dukers Muijrers, Nicole 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 Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIST; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GONORRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN; RECTAL DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; RECTAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018473463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2402-0     Document Type: Article

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