Diagnostic and therapeutic advancements for aerobic vaginitis

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 251-257

  Han, Cha ^a   Wu, Wenjuan ^a   Fan, Aiping ^a   Wang, Yingmei ^a   Zhang, Huiying ^a   Chu, Zanjun ^a   Wang, Chen ^a   Xue, Fengxia ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic vaginitis; Bacterial vaginosis; Pregnancy; Vaginal flora

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CORTISONE ACETATE; HYDROCORTISONE; KANAMYCIN; MECLOCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC VAGINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS; METRONIDAZOLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROBIOTICS; VAGINITIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84926647290     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-014-3525-9     Document Type: Review

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