Prevalence and treatment of aerobic vaginitis among non-pregnant women: Evaluation of the evidence for an underestimated clinical entity

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 977-984

  Tansarli, G S ^a   Kostaras, E K ^a   Athanasiou, S ^a,c   Falagas, M E ^a,b,d  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b MITERA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; KANAMYCIN; MECLOCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AEROBIC VAGINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; NAUSEA; NON PREGNANT WOMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VAGINITIS; VULVA PRURITUS;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84880289155     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1846-4     Document Type: Review

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