Abnormal Vaginal pH and Mycoplasma genitalium Infection

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-39

  Huppert, Jill S ^a   Bates, Justin R ^a   Weber, Akilah F ^b   Quinn, Nicole ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bacterial diagnosis; Female; Human; Hydrogen ion concentration; Mycoplasma genitalium isolation; Mycoplasma genitalium purification; Vagina chemistry; Vagina microbiology; Vaginosis

Indexed keywords

AMINE; SIALIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM INFECTION; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA PH;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872501079     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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