Nucleic acid-based diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis and improved management using probiotic lactobacilli

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-228

  Reid, Gregor ^a,b   Burton, Jeremy ^a   Hammond, Jo Anne ^a,b   Bruce, Andrew W ^a  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; FemExam; Lactobacilli; Nugent score; Probiotics; Randomized controlled trial; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; NUCLEIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MOBILUNCUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUGENT TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; BACTEROIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PLACEBOS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVOTELLA; PROBIOTICS; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIOTA; MOBILUNCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PREVOTELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 3042839149     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1096620041224166     Document Type: Article

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