A preliminary survey of Atopobium vaginae in women attending the Dunedin gynaecology out-patients clinic: Is the contribution of the hard-to-culture microbiota overlooked in gynaecological disorders?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 450-452

  Burton, Jeremy P ^a   Chilcott, Chris N ^a   Al Qumber, Mohammed ^a   Brooks, Heather J L ^a   Wilson, Don ^a   Tagg, John R ^a   Devenish, Celia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atopobium vaginae; Bacterial vaginosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILUNCUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VAGINITIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 29244451522     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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