Cervicovaginal levels of proinflammatory cytokines are increased during chlamydial infection in bacterial vaginosis but not in lactobacilli-dominated flora

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 261-265

  Marconi, Camila ^a   Santos Greatti, Mariana M V ^a   Parada, Cristina M G L ^b   Pontes, Anagloria ^a   Pontes, Ana G ^a   Giraldo, Paulo C ^c   Donders, Gilbert G G ^d   Da Silva, Márcia Guimarães ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Department of Nursing ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; Chlamydia trachomatis; cytokine; endocervicitis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; CERVICOVAGINAL LEVEL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TISSUE LEVEL; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; BODY FLUID; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; BRAZIL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903819969     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000003     Document Type: Article

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