Microbiology Profile in Women With Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Relation to IUD Use

I. Viberga; V. Odlind; G. Lazdane; J. Kroica; L. Berglund; S. Olofsson

doi:10.1155/2005/376830

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2005)

Microbiology Profile in Women With Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Relation to IUD Use

I. Viberga,
V. Odlind,
G. Lazdane,
J. Kroica,
L. Berglund,
S. Olofsson

Affiliations

I. Viberga: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
V. Odlind: Department of Women's and Children's Health, International Maternal and Child Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala 751 85, Sweden
G. Lazdane: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
J. Kroica: Department of Microbiology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
L. Berglund: Uppsala Clinical Research Centre, UCR, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
S. Olofsson: Uppsala Clinical Research Centre, UCR, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2005/376830
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 4
pp. 183 – 190

Abstract

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Objective. To study the microbial characteristics of patients with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and the possible impact of an intrauterine device (IUD) on the microbial environment in women presenting with PID.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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