Bacterial vaginosis: Resistance, recurrence, and/or reinfection?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-221

  Eschenbach, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; RECURRENCE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33846163146     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509584     Document Type: Note

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