Bacterial vaginosis, vaginal flora patterns and vaginal hygiene practices in patients presenting with vaginal discharge syndrome in The Gambia, West Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Demba, Edward ^c   Morison, Linda ^b   van der Loeff, Maarten Schim ^a   Awasana, Akum A ^a   Gooding, Euphemia ^a   Bailey, Robin ^a   Mayaud, Philippe ^b   West, Beryl ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILUNCUS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PREVOTELLA; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNDROME; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SYNDROME; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 23944469710     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-12     Document Type: Article

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