Atopobium vaginae
(at″ŏ-pō′bē-ŭm vă-jī′nē″)
A species of anaerobic bacteria, formerly classified as lactobacilli, that contribute to bacterial vaginosis, esp. cases resistant to standard treatment with clindamycin or metronidazole.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Atopobium Vaginae." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773197/all/Atopobium_vaginae.
Atopobium vaginae. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773197/all/Atopobium_vaginae. Accessed July 20, 2019.
Atopobium vaginae. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773197/all/Atopobium_vaginae
Atopobium Vaginae [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 July 20]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773197/all/Atopobium_vaginae.
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