Definition and classification of abnormal vaginal flora

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-373

  Donders, Gilbert G G ^a,b  

^a Regionaal Ziekenhuis Heilig Hart Tienen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

abnormal vaginal flora; aerobic vaginitis; bacterial vaginosis; genital infection; intermediate flora; lactobacillary grades; Trichomonas vaginal

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NUCLEIC ACID;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ATOPOBIUM VAGINALIS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROSCOPY; MOBILUNCUS; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PH MEASUREMENT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; OFFICE VISITS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34249676818     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2007.01.002     Document Type: Review

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