The vaginal microflora of pig-tailed macaques and the effects of chlorhexidine and benzalkonium on this ecosystem

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 489-493

  Patton, Dorothy L ^a   Sweeney, Yvonne Cosgrove ^a   Rabe, Lorna K ^b   Hillier, Sharon L ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE; SPERMICIDAL AGENT; SURGILUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; VAGINA FLORA;

EID: 0029844058     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199611000-00009     Document Type: Article

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