Analysis of lactobacillus products for phages and bacteriocins that inhibit vaginal lactobacilli

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 244-251

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Lactobacillus pills; Vaginal douche mix; Yogurt

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0031445562     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1997)5:3<244::AID-IDOG10>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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