Value of Candida polymerase chain reaction and vaginal cytokine analysis for the differential diagnosis of women with recurrent vulvovaginitis

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 244-247

  Weissenbacher, Stephanie ^a   Witkin, Steven S ^b   Tolbert, Vera ^b   Giraldo, Paulo ^b,c   Linhares, Iara ^d   Haas, Andrea ^a   Weissenbacher, E Rainer ^a   Ledger, William J ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 12; Recurrent vulvovaginitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VULVOVAGINITIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 0034491459     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-0997(2000)8:5<244::AID-IDOG1027>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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