Clinical characteristics associated with mycoplasma genitalium infection among women at high risk of HIV and other STI in Uganda

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 487-491

  Vandepitte, Judith ^a   Bukenya, Justine ^a   Hughes, Peter ^a   Muller, Etienne ^b   Buvé, Anne ^c   Hayes, Richard ^d   Weiss, Helen A ^d   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PROSTITUTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; UGANDA; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84861228822     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31824b1cf3     Document Type: Review

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