Suspected heterosexual transmission of bacterial vaginosis without seminal fluid exposure

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-60

  Muzny, Christina A ^a   Schwebke, Jane R ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNPROTECTED SEX; URETHRA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84891625828     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000057     Document Type: Article

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