Is the presence of Trichomonas on a pap smear associated with an increased incidence of bacterial vaginosis?

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-139

  Heller, Debra S ^a   Maslyak, Svetlana ^a   Skurnick, Joan ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Trichomonas; Vaginal smears; Vaginosis

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33750307550     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128360-200607000-00002     Document Type: Review

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