Microbiologic characteristics of lactobacillus products used for colonization of the vagina

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 244-248

  Hughes, Viki L ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ARTICLE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTOBACILLUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0025017828     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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