Molecular quantification of Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae loads to predict bacterial vaginosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-43

  Menard, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Fenollar, Florence ^a,b   Henry, Mireille ^b   Bretelle, Florence ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Pole de Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

^c Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOBILUNCUS CURTISII; MOBILUNCUS MULIERIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOBILUNCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PRIMER DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MOBILUNCUS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 46249125627     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588661     Document Type: Article

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