Bacteriology and treatment of malodorous lower reproductive tract in gynecologic cancer patients

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-27

  Von Gruenigen, Vivian E ^a,b   Coleman, Robert L ^a,b   Li, Andy J ^a,b   Heard, Molly C ^a,b   Miller, David Scott ^a,b   Hemsell, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; ODORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0034091256     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(00)00850-4     Document Type: Article

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