Prevalence of mycoplasma genitalium, mycoplasma hominis and Chlamydia trachomatis among Danish patients requesting abortion

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 127-134

  Baczynska, Agata ^a   Hvid, Malene ^b   Lamy, Philippe ^b   Birkelund, Svend ^b   Christiansen, Gunna ^b   Fedder, Jens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c HORSENS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

abortion; Chlamydia trachomatis; Mycoplasma genitalium; Mycoplasma hominis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGAL ABORTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 51449119626     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19396360802042838     Document Type: Article

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