Relevant prevalence of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum serogroups in HIV-1 infected men without urethritis symptoms

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 185-188

  Cordova, Caio Mauricio Mendes ^b   Da Cunha, Regina Ayr Flório ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

HIV; M. hominis; Mycoplasma; PCR; Sexually transmitted diseases; U. urealyticum; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0034221093     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000400002     Document Type: Article

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