Bacterial vaginosis assessed by Gram stain and diminished colonization resistance to incident gonococcal, chlamydial, and trichomonal genital infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1907-1915

  Brotman, Rebecca M ^a   Klebanoff, Mark A ^b   Nansel, Tonja R ^a   Yu, Kai F ^a   Andrews, William W ^c   Zhang, Jun ^b   Schwebke, Jane R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHENAZINES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650404794     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657320     Document Type: Article

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