Cervicitis and urethritis caused by group B streptococcus: case report.
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Group B streptococcus is not often isolated by gynaecologists when a clinical diagnosis of cervicitis is made. I report on a patient suffering from cervicitis and urethritis caused by this organism, whose symptoms completely resolved after she was treated with phenoxymethylpenicillin.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Genitourinary medicine
دوره 61 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985