A clinical study on the association of Trichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma hominis infections in women attending a sexually transmitted disease (STD) outpatient clinic

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-32

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Van der Schee, Cindy ^a   Van der Meijden, Willem I ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a   Sluiters, Hans J F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Co infection; Mycoplasma hominis; Sexually transmitted disease; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035659487     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(01)00268-1     Document Type: Article

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