Prevalence of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in Women With Chronic Urinary Symptoms

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-66

  Baka, Stavroula ^a   Kouskouni, Evangelia ^a   Antonopoulou, Stavroula ^a   Sioutis, Dimos ^a   Papakonstantinou, Margenti ^a   Hassiakos, Dimitris ^a   Logothetis, Emmanuel ^a   Liapis, Angelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS INFECTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UROLOGIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649211071     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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