Failure to detect Mycoplasma genitalium in the pharynges of female sex workers in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 410-413

  Deguchi, Takashi ^a   Yasuda, Mitsuru ^a   Yokoi, Shigeaki ^a   Nakano, Masahiro ^a   Ito, Shin Ichi ^a   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a   Hoshina, Shinji ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hoshina Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female sex worker; Mycoplasma; Pharyngeal infection; Ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PHARYNX; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA; VAGINA;

EID: 76749153878     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-009-0726-4     Document Type: Article

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