Natural history of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis in a high-risk group of women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 876-877

  Schwebke, Jane R ^a,b   Desmond, Renee ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 37349130545     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318073bd82     Document Type: Article

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