Biofilm formation on intrauterine devices in relation to duration of use

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1199-1203

  Pal Z ^a   Urban E ^a   Dosa E ^a,b   Pal A ^a   Nagy, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOFILMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 28944449709     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46197-0     Document Type: Article

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