Hydrogen peroxide-producing lactobacilli and acquisition of vaginal infections

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1058-1063

  Hawes, Stephen E ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^a,b   Benedetti, Jacqueline ^a   Stevens, Claire E ^a   Koutsky, Laura A ^a   Wølner Hanssen, Pål ^a,c   Holmes, King K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0029954970     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.5.1058     Document Type: Article

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