Vulvovaginal candidiasis in women who have sex with Women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 533-536

  Bailey, Julia V ^a   Benato, Rosa ^b   Owen, Charlie ^c   Kavanagh, Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BISEXUAL FEMALE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINAL LAVAGE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VAGINA;

EID: 48049122450     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31816766c2     Document Type: Article

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