Probiotic Lactobacillus dose required to restore and maintain a normal vaginal flora

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-41

  Reid, Gregor ^a   Beuerman, Dee ^a   Heinemann, Christine ^a   Bruce, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Lactobacillus; Probiotics; Vaginal flora

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPSULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBIOTICS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035666276     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(01)00269-3     Document Type: Article

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