Prevalence of Candida albicans and bacterial vaginosis in asymptomatic pregnant women in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Outcome of a prospective study

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 278, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-466

  Akinbiyi, A A ^a,b   Watson, Robert ^c   Feyi Waboso, Paul ^d  

^a REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Barnsley District General Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^c BARNSLEY DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic pregnant women; Bacterial vaginosis; Candida albicans; ELISA (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51449094232     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0593-8     Document Type: Article

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