A case of uterine endometritis caused by Atopobium vaginae

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-121

  Yamagishi, Yuka ^a   Mikamo, Hiroshige ^a   Tanaka, Kaori ^b   Watanabe, Kunitomo ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopobium vaginae; Bacterial vaginosis; Endometritis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; SULPERAZON; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRITIS; EPSILOMETER TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 79951549373     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0100-6     Document Type: Article

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