Prevalence of associated microorganisms in genital discharge, Argentina;Prevalencia de microorganismos asociados a secreción femenina, Argentina

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 545-552

  Di Bartolomeo, Susana ^a   Rodriguez Fermepin, Marcelo ^b   Sauka, Diego H ^b   de Torres, Ramón Alberto ^b  

^a Ministerio de Salud ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Vaginal smears; Vaginitis; Vaginosis; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0036820121     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102002000600002     Document Type: Article

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