Association of Atopobium vaginae, a recently described metronidazole resistant anaerobe, with bacterial vaginosis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Ferris, Michael J ^a,b   Masztal, Alicia ^b   Aldridge, Kenneth E ^a   Fortenberry, Dennis ^c   Fidel Jr , Paul L ^a   Martin, David H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Research Institute for Children at Children's Hospital New Orleans   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; RNA 16S; SULTAMICILLIN; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVATED SPECIES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 2442700345     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-4-5     Document Type: Article

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