Candida transmission and sexual behaviors of risks for a repeat episode of Candida vulvovaginitis

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 979-989

  Reed, Barbara D ^a   Zazove, Philip ^a   Pierson, Carl L ^a   Gorenflo, Daniel W ^a   Horrocks, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAD; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTURBATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PENIS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; TIME; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VULVA; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 0347917130     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/154099903322643901     Document Type: Article

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