Etiology of persistent tubo-ovarian abscess in Nairobi, Kenya

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-51

  Cohen, Craig R ^a,b   Gravelle, Lisa ^c   Symekher, Samwel ^d   Waiyaki, Peter ^d   Stamm, Walter E ^a   Kiehlbauch, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Box 356460 ^*

Author keywords

Abscess; Africa; Anaerobic bacteria; Hiv; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Salpingitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KENYA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; OOPHORITIS; PELVIC INFECTION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALPINGITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037906524     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1064744903000061     Document Type: Article

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