Cervical and vaginal flora specimens are highly concordant with respect to bacterial vaginosis-associated organisms and commensal Lactobacillus species in women of reproductive age

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3078-3081

  Smith, William L ^a   Hedges, Spencer R ^a   Mordechai, Eli ^a,b   Adelson, Martin E ^a,b   Trama, Jason P ^b   Gygax, Scott E ^a   Kaunitz, Andrew M ^c   Hilbert, David W ^a  

^a Medical Diagnostic Laboratories LLC A Member of Genesis Biotechnology Group   (United States)

^b Medical Diagnostic Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; CERVICAL FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGASPHAERA; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOTA; CERVIX UTERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905271305     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00795-14     Document Type: Article

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