Living with Cat and Dog Increases Vaginal Colonization with E. coli in Pregnant Women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Stokholm, Jakob ^a   Schjørring, Susanne ^b   Pedersen, Louise ^a   Bischoff, Anne Louise ^a   Følsgaard, Nilofar ^a   Carson, Charlotte G ^a   Chawes, Bo ^a   Bønnelykke, Klaus ^a   Mølgaard, Anne ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^b   Bisgaard, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATS; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VAGINA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866660590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046226     Document Type: Article

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