Adherence of Lactobacillus plantarum P 17630 in soft-gel capsule formulation versus Döderlein's bacillus in tablet formulation to vaginal epithelial cells;Adesione alle cellule epiteliali vaginali del Lactobacillus plantarum P 17630, formulato in capsule molli vaginali, in confronto al bacillo di Dörderlein, formulato in compresse vaginali

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-287

  Bonetti, A ^a   Morelli, L ^b   Campominosi, E ^b   Ganora, E ^c   Sforza, F ^c  

^a Proge Farm Srl   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c Fleming Research Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Epithelial cells; Lactobacillus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MICROCAPSULE; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPEN STUDY; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TABLET FORMULATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CAPSULES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; TABLETS; VAGINA;

EID: 0242405443     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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