Vaginal IL-8 levels are positively associated with Candida albicans and inversely with lactobacilli in HIV-infected women

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-79

  Spear, Gregory T ^a   Zariffard, M Reza ^a   Cohen, Mardge H ^b   Sha, Beverly E ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida; ELISA; IL 8 CXCL8; PCR; Vaginal; Yeast

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LACTOBACILLUS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; VAGINA;

EID: 42749089315     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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