Role played by lactobacilli in controlling the population of vaginal pathogens

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 543-546

  Boris, Soledad ^a   Barbés, Covadonga ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b Inst U   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lactobacilli; Pathogens; Urogenital tract; Vagina

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDE; BACTERIOCIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SURFACTANT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINA FLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034044398     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00313-0     Document Type: Review

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