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Toll-like receptor variants and cervical Atopobium vaginae infection in women with pelvic inflammatory disease.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Feb 2018
Taylor Brandie D, Totten Patricia A, Astete Sabina G, Ferris Michael J, Martin David H, Ness Roberta B, Haggerty Catherine L
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PROBLEM: Toll-like (TLR) receptor genetic variants have been implicated in bacterial vaginosis (BV). We determined whether TLR variants are associated with fastidious BV-associated microbes that are linked with infertility following pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). METHOD OF STUDY: Sneathia spp., Atopobium vaginae, BVAB1, and Ureaplasma urealyticum were measured in 250 women from the PID Evaluation and Clinical...
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