Aetiological agents of vaginitis in Nigerian women

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 175-178

  Otuonye, N M ^a   Odunukwe, N N ^a   Idigbe, E O ^a   Imosemi, O D ^b   Smith, S I ^a   Chigbo, R C ^a   Bamidele, M ^a   Oparaugo, C T ^a   Mafe, A G ^a   Musa, A Z ^a  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b LUTH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

HIV; Trichomonas infections; Vaginal discharge; Vaginosis, bacterial; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA; NIGERIA; ODOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEISSERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 19944426127     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2004.11732666     Document Type: Article

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