Role of anaerobes in acute pelvic inflammatory disease

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-192

  Saini, S ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Aparna, A ^a   Batra, G ^a   Arora, D R ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALORIDINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PREFERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 0346895245     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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