HIV-infected women of Burkina Faso: a “reservoir” of mycoplasma infection
Author(s) -
Florencia Wendkuuni Djigma,
C.M.R. Ouédraogo,
Tani Sagna,
Djénèba Ouermi,
Korotini Sanogo,
Cyrille Bisseyé,
Abdoulaye Kabré,
Virginio Pietra,
Jacques Simporé,
Jean Baptiste Nikiéma,
Salvatore Musumeci
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.950
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , mycoplasma , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
The objective of this work was to assess the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and genital mycoplasma colonization in 251 HIV-positive compared to 200 HIV-negative women at the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) service of Saint Camille Medical Center Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
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