The overall agreement of proposed definitions of mucopurulent cervicitis in women at high risk of chlamydia infection

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 506-511

  Falk, Lars ^a,b  

^a R and D Department of Local Health Care   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Cervicitis; Chlamydia; Mycoplasma genitalium; Urethritis; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEUTROPHIL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS; URINE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SWEDEN; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957659436     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0924     Document Type: Article

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