Bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria in men: Association of Leptotrichia/Sneathia spp. with nongonococcal urethritis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 944-949

  Manhart, Lisa E ^a   Khosropour, Christine M ^a   Liu, Congzhu ^b   Gillespie, Catherine W ^c   Depner, Kevin ^b   Fiedler, Tina ^b   Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^a   Fredricks, David N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; LEPTOTRICHIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGASPHAERA; NEUTROPHIL; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; UNITED STATES; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LEPTOTRICHIA; MALE; MEGASPHAERA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URETHRITIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84888265134     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000054     Document Type: Article

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