Lactational amenorrhea as a risk factor for group a streptococcal vaginitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Meltzer, Micelle C ^a   Schwebke, Jane R ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VAGINITIS; VULVOVAGINITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VAGINA; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 43249104781     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587748     Document Type: Article

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