Doxycycline HCl (Vibramycin) as a single dose oral treatment of gonococcal and nonspecific urethritis in men.
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mon notifiable disease in the world, only measles being more prevalent. As stated in a recent leading article: 'With a mass measles vaccination just around the corner, it is a safe bet that gonorrhoea will take first place before very long' (Lancet, 1970). Nonspecific urethritis is even more common. In 1970 there were 36,996 cases of gonorrhoea in men and 16,556 in women in England, while in the same year there were 46,075 cases of nonspecific urethritis in
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 48 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1972