New concepts in the etiology of bacterial vaginosis

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-147

  Schwebke, Jane R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BALANOPOSTHITIS; BIOFILM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOBILUNCUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 62549162628     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-009-0021-7     Document Type: Review

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