Association of genital mycoplasmas including Mycoplasma genitalium in HIV infected men with nongonococcal urethritis attending STD and HIV clinics

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-310

  Manhas, Ashwini ^a   Sethi, Sunil ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a   Wanchu, Ajay ^a   Kanwar, A J ^a   Kaur, Karamjit ^a   Mehta, S D ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Government Mutispeciality Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Genital mycoplasmas; HIV; Mycoplasma genitalium; Nongonococcal urethritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URINALYSIS; ADULT; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOPLASMOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS;

EID: 67649637515     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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