Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 236919, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/236919
Research Article

Detection of Fastidious Vaginal Bacteria in Women with HIV Infection and Bacterial Vaginosis

Caroline Mitchell,1 Carla Moreira,2 David Fredricks,1,3 Kathleen Paul,1 Angela M. Caliendo,4,5 Jaclynn Kurpewski,2 Jessica Ingersoll,4,5 and Susan Cu-Uvin2

1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Washington, P.O. Box 356460, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
2Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
3Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
5Emory Center for AIDS Research, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

Received 6 January 2009; Accepted 6 October 2009

Academic Editor: Harold Wiesenfeld

Copyright © 2009 Caroline Mitchell et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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