A cluster analysis of bacterial vaginosis-associated microflora and pelvic inflammatory disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 585-590

  Ness, Roberta B ^a,b   Kip, Kevin E ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^a,b   Soper, David E ^c   Stamm, Carol A ^d   Sweet, Richard L ^e   Rice, Peter ^f   Richter, Holly E ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Gonorrhea; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Sexually transmitted disease; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GONORRHEA; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

CHLAMYDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEGIBACTERIA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 24344459109     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi243     Document Type: Article

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