Actinomyces in cervical smears of women using intrauterine contraceptive devices.

B Mali, JV Joshi, U Wagle, K Hazari, R Shah… - Acta …, 1986 - europepmc.org
Cervical smears from 1,784 women who attended the family planning clinics of the Institute
for Research in Reproduction were examined for the presence of Actinomyces-like …

Actinomyces israelii in the genital tract of women with and without intra‐uterine contraceptive devices

E Persson, K Holmberg, S Dahlgren… - Acta obstetricia et …, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
Actinomycosis involving the female genital tract is more common among IUD users than
others. The diagnosis is difficult and often delayed. It has been suggested that the finding of …

Isolation and identification of actinomycetes from women using intrauterine contraceptive devices

D Jarvis - Journal of Infection, 1985 - Elsevier
Of 259 women using intrauterine contraceptive devices 80 (31%) had visible actinomyces-
like filaments in their cervical smears. Actinomycetes were cultured from a total of 31 women …

Incidence of actinomycetes infection in women using intrauterine contraceptive devices.

M Nayar, M Chandra, K Chitraratha - Acta cytologica, 1985 - europepmc.org
Pancervicovaginal smears taken from 350 women using an intrauterine contraceptive
device (IUD) were screened for the presence of actinomycetes organisms. Of the 12 cases in …

Comparison of immunofluorescence and culture for the detection of Actinomyces israelii in wearers of intra-uterine contraceptive devices

DE Leslie, SM Garland - Journal of medical microbiology, 1991 - microbiologyresearch.org
A direct immunofluorescence (IF) method was compared with traditional culture methods for
the detection of Actinomyces israelii in endocervical and intra-uterine-device (IUD) smears …

Genital actinomycosis and intrauterine contraceptive devices: cytopathologic diagnosis and clinical significance

BS Bhagavan, PK Gupta - Human pathology, 1978 - Elsevier
This study from a community hospital documents the relatively frequent occurrence of
Actinomyces in 36 women diagnosed by Papanicolaou stained cervicovaginal smears …

Actinomycosis infection associated with intrauterine contraceptive devices

C Keebler, A Chatwani, R Schwartz - American Journal of Obstetrics and …, 1983 - Elsevier
Papanicolaou-stained cervicovaginal smears from 478 women with intrauterine
contraceptive devices (IUDs) in place were reviewed for the presence of Actinomyces …

Cytologic detection and clinical significance of Actinomyces israelii in women using intrauterine contraceptive devices

MR Spence, PK Gupta, JK Frost, TM King - American Journal of Obstetrics …, 1978 - Elsevier
Pancervicovaginal (Papanicolaou) smears exhibiting pseudomycilial-like clumps of
organisms obtained from 35 women employing IUD's were studied by direct …

Factors associated with actinomyces-like organisms on Papanicolaou smear in users of intrauterine contraceptive devices

DB Petitti, D Yamamoto, N Morgenstern - American Journal of Obstetrics …, 1983 - Elsevier
To determine the factors associated with the presence of actinomyces-like organisms on
cervicovaginal Papanicolaou smears in users of the intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) …

Actinomyces in the vaginas of women with and without intrauterine contraceptive devices

EM Curtis, L Pine - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1981 - Elsevier
Either Actinomyces israelii, A. naeslundii, or Arachnia propionica was found, by
immunofluorescence studies, in cervicovaginal mucus from 36% of 50 women. One or more …