Chlamydial infection in female lower genital tract and its correlation with cervical smear abnormalities

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 357-360

  Peitsidis, P ^a,b   Kalmantis, K ^a   Peitsidou, A ^a   Zervoudis, S ^a   Papaspyrou, I ^a   Georgoulias, N ^a   Kioses, E ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervicitis; Infection by Chlamydia trachomatis; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84864265607     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/bll_2012_081     Document Type: Article

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