Genital mycoplasmas in women attending a family planning clinic in Guiné-Bissau and their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents

Acta Tropica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-24

  Domingues, D ^a   Tavora Tavira L ^a   Duarte, A ^b   Sanca, A ^c   Prieto, E ^a   Exposto, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Genital mycoplasmas; Guin Bissau; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; FAMILY PLANNING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TRICHOMONIASIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINITIS;

GUINEA-BISSAU;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0242669959     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00002-0     Document Type: Review

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