Effects of Vaginal Intercourse with and without a Condom on Vaginal Flora and Vaginal Epithelium
| Autor: | Ann E. Stapleton, Jan Aura, Amalia Meier, David A. Eschenbach, Thomas M. Hooton, Kathy Agnew, Dorothy L. Patton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Sexual Behavior Urine Biology Epithelium law.invention Condoms Condom law Gram-Negative Bacteria Escherichia coli medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Vaginal epithelium Contraception Behavior Escherichia coli Infections Gynecology Vaginal flora Coitus Sexual intercourse Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Vagina Female Single episode Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 183:913-918 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
| Popis: | Effects of a single episode of intercourse on vaginal flora and epithelium were examined in subjects randomly assigned to groups that used no condom or lubricated nonspermicide condoms. Subjects were evaluated at visits before (1 month and 1-2 days) and after (8-12 h, 2-3 days, and 6-8 days) an index episode of sexual intercourse. The 22 subjects who used no condoms had significantly more Escherichia coli and a high concentration (> or =10(5) cfu/mL) of E. coli in the vagina (both, P |
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