Bacterial vaginosis a 'broad overview'

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-34

  Avilés, Alberto González Pedraza ^a   Zaragoza, María Catalina Ortíz ^a   Coria, Arnulfo Irigoyen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Gardnerella vaginalis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOPEPTIDASE; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MOBILUNCUS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVOTELLA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILUNCUS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ODORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PREVOTELLA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HAEMOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS; MOBILUNCUS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0033365869     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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