Intrauterine contraceptive device-associated actinomycotic abscess and Actinomyces detection on cervical smear

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 142-149

  Fiorino, Anthony S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030042033     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00350-9     Document Type: Review

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