Genital tract interleukin-8 but not interleukin-1β or interleukin-6 concentration is associated with bacterial vaginosis and its clearance in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Losikoff, Phyllis ^a,b   Fichorova, Raina ^c   Snyder, Brad ^d   Rodriguez, Irma ^e   Cu Uvin, Susan ^a,e   Harwell, Joseph ^a,b,e   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; METRONIDAZOLE; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VAGINA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 36249031500     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/92307     Document Type: Article

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