Bacterial vaginosis, Atopobium vaginae and nifuratel

Current Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-40

  Polatti, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Atopobium vaginae; Bacterial vaginosis; Nifuratel; Review

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NIFURATEL;

ABORTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORIOBACTERIACEAE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOMETRITIS; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIFURATEL; RECURRENCE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84857135632     PISSN: 15748847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488412799218824     Document Type: Review

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