Structural and ultrastructural studies of the urinary tract of mice inoculated with Lactobacillus fermentum

BJU International

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 878-882

  Silva De Ruiz, C ^a   Rey, M D R ^a   Nader Macias M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lactobacilli; Structural studies; Ultra structure; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LACTOBACILLUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROBIOTICS; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0038310930     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04225.x     Document Type: Article

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