Detection of Atopobium vaginae in Postmenopausal Women by Cultivation-Independent Methods Warrants Further Investigation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1829-1831

  Burton, Jeremy P ^a,b   Devillard, Estelle ^a   Cadieux, Peter A ^a   Hammond, Jo Anne ^a   Reid, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

ATOPOBIUM; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3042719765     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1829-1831.2004     Document Type: Article

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