Phage infection in vaginal lactobacilli: An in vitro study

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-44

  Pavlova, Sylvia I ^a   Kiliç, Ali O ^b,c   Mou, Susan M ^a   Tao, Lin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Bacteriolysis; Lactobacillus phage; Lysogen

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0030670736     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1997)5:1<36::AID-IDOG9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Conference Paper

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