Evidence for a role of Mycoplasma genitalium in pelvic inflammatory disease

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-69

  Haggerty, Catherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometritis; Infertility; Mycoplasma genitalium; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADNEXITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 38149107603     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3282f3d9ac     Document Type: Review

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