Gardnerella vaginalis-associated bacterial vaginosis in Bulgarian women

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 313-318

  Gergova, Raina T ^a,b   Strateva, Tanya V ^a   Mitov, Ivan G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b Diagnostic Medical Laboratory Medirs   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Bulgarian women; Gardnerella vaginalis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BULGARIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA ISOLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOLD STANDARD; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION KIT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULGARIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878402404     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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