A 34-year-old man with urethral discharge.
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414 CMAJ, March 19, 2013, 185(5) © 2013 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors A 34-year-old man who has sex with men and has a remote history of primary syphilis presents to his primary care physician with painful urination and a purulent urethral discharge. He received unprotected oral sex from a new sexual partner 3 weeks ago. Two weeks before his current visit, he presented to a walk-in clinic and had nucleic acid amplification testing of the urethral discharge, the results of which were positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The patient received a single oral dose of ciprofloxacin 500 mg with no improvement of symptoms.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
دوره 185 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013