Analysis of the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in 6083 pregnant women at a hospital in Otaru, Japan

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-236

  Shimano, Satoshi ^a   Nishikawa, Akira ^b   Sonoda, Tomoko ^b   Kudo, Ryuichi ^b  

^a Tonan Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Chlamydia trachomatis; Mobiluncus spp.; Pregnancy; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILUNCUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 3042711814     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2004.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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