Predisposing factors for bacterial vaginosis, treatment efficacy and pregnancy outcome among term deliveries; results from a preterm delivery study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Larsson, P G ^a   Fåhraeus, Lars ^b   Carlsson, Bodil ^b   Jakobsson, Tell ^b   Forsum, Urban ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 38049143671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-7-20     Document Type: Article

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