Reproductive tract infections in women seeking abortion in Vietnam

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hng, Nguyn M ^a,d   Kurtzhals, Jørgen ^b   Thy, Th Thu ^c   Rasch, Vibeke ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c Hai Phòng Ph Sn Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIET NAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 62549117416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-9-1     Document Type: Article

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