Prevalance of Chlamydia trochomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis infections in the unexplained infertile women

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-223

  Guven, Melih A ^a,c   Dilek, Umut ^b   Pata, Ozlem ^b   Dilek, Saffet ^b   Ciragil, Pinar ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Laparoscopy; Mycoplasma; PCR; Unexplained infertility; Ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONEAL FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUGLAS' POUCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 34547160777     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0279-z     Document Type: Article

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