Morphology of human Fallopian tubes after infection with Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma hominis - In vitro organ culture study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 968-979

  Baczynska, Agata ^a   Funch, Peter ^a   Fedder, Jens ^b   Knudsen, Hans Jørgen ^b   Birkelund, Svend ^a   Christiansen, Gunna ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HORSENS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Fallopian tubes; Mycoplasma genitalium; Mycoplasma hominis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Organ culture; SEM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORGAN CULTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCAR FORMATION; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE TUBE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34347257792     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del455     Document Type: Article

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