Lower genital tract infections in HIV-seropositive women in India

Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-107

  Goel, Vandana ^a   Bhalla, P ^b   Sharma, Abha ^b   Mala, Y ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; lower genital tract infections; women

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GROUPS BY AGE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY TEST; MIXED INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80053547851     PISSN: 02537184     EISSN: 19983816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.85414     Document Type: Article

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