Mycoplasma genitalium in women with lower genital tract inflammation

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-14

  Moi, H ^a,b,c   Reinton, N ^a,b,c   Moghaddam, A ^a,b,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Medical Microbiology   (Norway)

^c Furst Medisinsk Laboratorium   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NORWAY; ODORS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 61449176970     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.032748     Document Type: Article

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