Ultrastructural characteristics of Gardnerella vaginalis infection in the heterosexual couple

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-153

  Villegas, H ^a   Arias, F ^b   Flores, E ^a   Casanova, G ^a   Karchmer, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Gardnerella vaginalis; Urethral epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79961218510     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708987913     Document Type: Article

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