Prevalence of Gardnerella vaginalis in prepubertal males

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1095-1099

  Wahl, Nancy G ^a   Castilla, Magolia A ^a   Lewis Abney, Kay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CIRCUMCISION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; PENIS GLANS; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA;

EID: 0031738019     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.11.1095     Document Type: Article

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