Predictors of the vaginal microflora

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 845-855

  Newton, Edward R ^a,b   Piper, Jeanna M ^a,b   Shain, Rochelle N ^a,b   Perdue, Sondra T ^a,b   Peairs, William ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Race; Sexually transmitted diseases; Vaginal microenvironment; Vaginal microflora

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COITUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0035060161     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.113848     Document Type: Conference Paper

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