Increased likelihood of bacterial pathogens in the coronal sulcus and urethra of uncircumcised men in a diverse group of HIV infected and uninfected patients in India

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-9

  Schneider, John A ^a   Vadivelu, Sreenivasan ^b,c   Liao, Chuanhong ^a   Kandukuri, Shivani R ^c   Trikamji, Bhavesh V ^c   Chang, Eugene ^a   Antonopoulos, Dionysis ^a,d   Prasad, S V ^c   Lakshmi, Vemu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SHARE ^*  (India)

^c NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; HIV; Staphylococcus aureus; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY FLUID; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAL SULCUS; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84858837478     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.93750     Document Type: Article

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