Control of the microbial flora of the vagina by h202-generating lactobacilli

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 94-100

  Klebanoff, S J ^a   Hillier, S L ^a   Eschenbach, D A ^a   Waltersdorph, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; CATALASE; CHLORIDE; IODIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PEROXIDASE; THIOCYANATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTEROIDES; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACTEROIDES; CHLORIDES; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; PEROXIDASE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VAGINA;

EID: 0025996165     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/164.1.94     Document Type: Article

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