Comparison of Single-Dose vs One-Week Course of Metronidazole for Symptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 254, Issue 8, 1985, Pages 1046-1049

  Swedberg, Jay ^a   Steiner, Joseph F ^a   Deiss, Frederick ^a   Steiner, Susan ^a   Driggers, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE; DRUG THERAPY; DURATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GARDNERELLA; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84944281939     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1985.03360080058029     Document Type: Article

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