Association of pregnancy and Candida vaginal colonization in women with or without symptoms of vulvovaginitis

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-309

  Leli, C ^a   Mencacci, A ^a   Meucci, M ^a   Bietolini, C ^a   Vitali, M ^a   Farinelli, S ^a   D'Alo F ^a   Bombaci, J C ^a   Perito, S ^a   Bistoni, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Microbiology; Pregnancy; Vulvovaginal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CANDIDA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OUTPATIENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROBABILITY; RACE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882342064     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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