Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of aerobic bacterial vaginal isolates

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-199

  Tariq, Nabia ^a   Jaffery, Tara ^a   Ayub, Rukhsana ^a   Alam, Ali Yawar ^b   Javid, Mahmud Haider ^a   Shafique, Shamsa ^a  

^a SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aerobes; Antimicroblol susceptibility; HVS; Microbiological evaluation; Vaginal flora

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CANDIDA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 39049176679     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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