Cervicitis: Limited clinical utility for the detection of Mycoplasma genitalium in a cross-sectional study of women attending a New Zealand sexual health clinic

Sexual Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-267

  Oliphant, Jeannie ^a   Azariah, Sunita ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cervical contact bleeding; sexually transmissible infections; testing.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLEEDING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW ZEALAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 84879559157     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH12168     Document Type: Article

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