Bacterial vaginosis and anaerobic bacteria are associated with endometritis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 990-995

  Haggerty, Catherine L ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^a,b   Bass, Debra C ^a   Ness, Roberta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGITIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 4744339902     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423963     Document Type: Article

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