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Delayed microbial cure of lymphogranuloma venereum proctitis with doxycycline treatment

Henry J C de Vries1, Vitaly Smelov, Judith G Middelburg

  • 1Sexually Transmitted Infection Outpatient Clinic, Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. h.j.devries@amc.nl

Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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