Can bacterial vaginosis help to find sexually transmitted diseases, especially chlamydial cervicitis?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-111

  Yoshimura, K ^a,e   Yoshimura, M ^b   Kobayashi, T ^c   Kubo, T ^d   Hachisuga, T ^a   Kashimura, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Moritsune Lady's Clinic   (Japan)

^c Kyurin Corporation   (Japan)

^d Nobeoka Office Health Care Center   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Chlamydial cervicitis; Nugent score; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449091555     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008249     Document Type: Article

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