Presence of a Polymicrobial Endometrial Biofilm in Patients with Bacterial Vaginosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Swidsinski, Alexander ^a   Verstraelen, Hans ^b   Loening Baucke, Vera ^a   Swidsinski, Sonja ^c   Mendling, Werner ^d   Halwani, Zaher ^e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Labor Berlin Molekulare Tumorgenetik   (Germany)

^d German Centre for Infections in Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Germany)

^e DRK KLINIKEN BERLIN WESTEND   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR PROBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SALPINGECTOMY; UTERINE TUBE; VAGINITIS;

BIOFILMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS;

EID: 84872195010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053997     Document Type: Article

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