Obtaining self-samples to diagnose curable sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review of patients' experiences [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Routine screening is key to sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and control. Previous studies suggest that clinic-based screening programmes capture only a small proportion of people with STIs.
Lau, Jason +4 more
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Presence and resistance of Streptococcus agalactiae in vaginal specimens of pregnant and adult non-pregnant women and association with other aerobic bacteria [PDF]
Medicinski Glasnik, 2017 Aim To determine the prevalence rate and resistance profile of Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae) in vaginal swabs of pregnant and adult non-pregnant women in the Tuzla region, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), as well as its association with other ...
Fatima Numanović +6 more
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Инфекция и иммунитет, 2021 Inflammatory diseases of the vagina related to imbalanced microflora composition represent one of the most common gynecological diseases primarily dealt with by obstetrician/gynecologists.
O. M. Bokach +5 more
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Value of bacterial culture of vaginal swabs in diagnosis of vaginal infections [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2015 Bacground/Aim. Vaginal and cervical swab culture is still very common procedure in our country’s everyday practice whereas simple and rapid diagnostic methods have been very rarely used.
Nenadić Dane, Pavlović Miloš D.
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Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022 By maintaining a dynamic balance of mutual restriction and coordination between the host and environment, vaginal microflora plays important roles in the occurrence and development of reproductive tract diseases and in female reproductive health. In this
Ling CHEN, Fen-hong KANG, Xue-yan LIN
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An Insight into Vaginal Microbiome Techniques
Life, 2021 There is a unique microbial community in the female lower genital tract known as the vaginal microbiota, which varies in composition and density and provides significant benefits during pregnancy, reproductive cyclicity, healthy newborn delivery ...
Mahima Sharma +7 more
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Possibilities of using neodymium laser (Nd:YAG) in patients with concomitant diseases which are accompanied by pathological discharge from the genital tract [PDF]
Гинекология, 2020 Background. Pathological vaginal discharge is the most common disorder in women after giving birth who have vaginal relaxation syndrome and vaginal wall prolapse, as well as in women during menopause.
Olga A. Pauzina +2 more
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Vaginal Microbiome: Rethinking Health and Disease [PDF]
Annual Review of Microbiology, 2012 Vaginal microbiota form a mutually beneficial relationship with their host and have a major impact on health and disease. In recent years our understanding of vaginal bacterial community composition and structure has significantly broadened as a result of investigators using cultivation-independent methods based on the analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA ...
Bing, Ma +2 more
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Gynecological complaints and their associated factors among women in a family health-care clinic
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017 Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the most common gynecological complaints and possible associated factors among women of reproductive age attended at a family health-care clinic.
Mateus de Paula von Glehn +2 more
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Decline in hospitalization for genital warts in the Veneto region after an HPV vaccination program: An observational study [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted pathogens. This observational study was conducted to estimate the trend of hospitalization for genital warts (GWs) in the Veneto region (Italy) from 2004 to 2015 ...
Baldo, Vincenzo +6 more
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