Gardnerella vaginalis does not always cause Bacterial Vaginosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1682-1683

  Hickey, Roxana J ^a   Forney, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINAL SECRETION; VAGINITIS; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84912120790     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu303     Document Type: Letter

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