| risk factors for laparoscopically confirmed pelvic inflammatory disease: findings from mumbai (bombay), india. | sexually transmitted diseases (stds) are an important cause of pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) but have often not been detected in microbiological studies of indian women admitted to hospital gynaecology wards or private clinics. in this cross sectional study, women living in the inner city of mumbai (bombay) were investigated for socioeconomic, clinical, and microbiological risk factors for pid. | 1998 | 10195052 |
| biotypes of gardnerella vaginalis isolated from non-specific vaginitis patients in bombay. | the incidence and prevalent biotypes of g. vaginalis in patients with non-specific vaginitis from bombay, was studied. of 300 patients screened, 105 were diagnosed to have nonspecific vaginitis (nsv). g. vaginalis was isolated from 71 per cent patients with nsv; 34.6 and 29.3 per cent g. vaginalis were belonging to biotypes 5 and 1 respectively. in 55 per cent patient, g. vaginalis was associated with anaerobes. none of the isolated strains of g. vaginalis was sensitive to 5 micrograms metronida ... | 1989 | 2695461 |