HIV-infected women of Burkina Faso: A "reservoir" of mycoplasma infection

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 176-181

  Djigma, Florencia ^a,b   Ouedraogo, Charlemagne ^a,b   Sagna, Tani ^a,b   Ouermi, Djeneba ^a,b   Sanogo, Korotini ^a   Bisseye, Cyrille ^a,b   Kabre, Abdoulaye ^a   Pietra, Virginio ^a   Simpore, Jacques ^a,b,c   Nikiema, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Musumeci, Salvatore ^d  

^a Medical Center Saint Camille   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c Camillian Task Force   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Burkina faso; HIV; Mycoplasma hominis; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURKINA FASO; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENITAL INFECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXITOCICA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROBACTER; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 79954586386     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.950     Document Type: Article

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