Female genital mutilation and infections: A systematic review of the clinical evidence

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1137-1149

  Iavazzo, Christos ^a   Sardi, Thalia A ^a   Gkegkes, Ioannis D ^a  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Female circumcision; Genital cutting; Infection; Mutilation

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; AFRICA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878112326     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2708-5     Document Type: Review

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