serum antibody levels against t mycoplasmas in two north american indian populations predisposed to spondylitis. | serum antibody levels against t mycoplasmas (ureaplasma urealyticum) were determined by the metabolic inhibition method in several populations. a higher prevalence of antibody was found in haida indians and bella coola indians than in blood donors, patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and patients attending a vd clinic. antibody levels did not correlate with the presence of spodylitis or the histocompatibility antigen hla-b27, although both these indian populations have a high prevalence of spond ... | 1976 | 999741 |
nonspecific vaginitis and other genital infections in three clinic populations. | nonspecific vaginitis was present in 37% of 40 patients attending the special urology (sexually transmitted disease) clinic at the victoria general hospital, in 23% of 75 patients attending the family planning clinic, and in 23% of 13 patients attending the prenatal clinic at the grace maternity hospital in halifax, nova scotia. the mean prevalence was 27%. subjective complaints of vaginal odor were significantly associated with nonspecific vaginitis (p less than .001), but symptoms of vaginal d ... | 1983 | 6648745 |