Characterization of vaginal flora and bacterial vaginosis in women who have sex with women

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1307-1313

  Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^a   Koutsky, Laura A ^a   Eschenbach, David A ^a   Agnew, Kathy ^a   Stine, Kathleen ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIA; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PREVOTELLA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0036569007     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339884     Document Type: Article

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