Microbial ecology of the lower genital tract in women with sexually transmitted diseases

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART 10, 2012, Pages 1347-1351

  Creatsas, George ^a   Deligeoroglou, Efthimios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FAMCICLOVIR; METRONIDAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; VALACICLOVIR; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROFLORA; NAUSEA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPPOSITORY; TASTE DISORDER; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; VOMITING; VULVITIS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84866433045     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.042507-0     Document Type: Review

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