Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium in pregnant women of Sabzevar-Iran

Iranian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 123-128

  Haghighi Hasanabad, M ^a   Mohammadzadeh, M ^a   Bahador, A ^b   Fazel, N ^a   Rakhshani, H ^a   Majnooni, A ^c  

^a SABZEVAR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Mycoplasma genitalium; Pregnant women; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84857185595     PISSN: 20083289     EISSN: 20084447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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