Ecological effects of perorally administered pivmecillinam on the normal vaginal microflora

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 170-175

  Sullivan, Åsa ^a   Fianu Jonasson, Aino ^a   Landgren, Britt Marie ^a   Nord, Carl Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; MECILLINAM; PIVMECILLINAM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; VAGINA; VAGINA FLORA;

EID: 11244313392     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.1.170-175.2005     Document Type: Article

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