The demographic and behavioural profile of women with cervicitis infected with Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum and the comparison of two medical regimens

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-200

  Guven, Melih A ^a   Gunyeli, Ilker ^b   Dogan, Muammer ^b   Ciragil, Pinar ^a   Bakaris, Sevgi ^a   Gul, Mustafa ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Chlamydia trachomatis; Doxycycline; Enzyme immune assay (EIA); Mycoplasma hominis; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; TETRADOX; ZITROTEK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BEHAVIOR; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDUCATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 26244467552     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-005-0734-2     Document Type: Article

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