The identification of vaginal Lactobacillus species and the demographic and microbiologic characteristics of women colonized by these species

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1950-1956

  Antonio, May A D ^a   Hawes, Stephen E ^c   Hillier, Sharon L ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTION; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTOBACILLUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032751738     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315109     Document Type: Article

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