BMC Infectious Diseases

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Association of Atopobium vaginae, a recently described metronidazole resistant anaerobe, with bacterial vaginosis

Michael J Ferris1,2,6*, Alicia Masztal2, Kenneth E Aldridge3, J Dennis Fortenberry5, Paul L Fidel6 and David H Martin4

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1 Dept. of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

2 Research and Education Bldg., The Research Institute for Children, 200 Henry Clay Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA

3 Dept. of Infectious Disease, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1542 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA

4 Dept. of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

5 Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Section of Adolescent Medicine, 575 N West St., Room 070, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

6 Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA

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BMC Infectious Diseases 2004, 4:5 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-4-5

Published: 13 February 2004

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Detailed description of culture methods. This file provides additional details of methods used to cultivate organisms, including those not presented in the manuscript.

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