Lactobacilli in the female genital tract in relation to other genital microbes and vaginal pH

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 726-735

  Daniel Johannes Rönnqvist, Per ^a,c   Birgitta Forsgren Brusk, Ulla ^b   Elisabeth Grahn Håkansson, Eva ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SCA Research AB   (Sweden)

^c Essum AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genital microflora; Lactobacillus; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PANTY LINER; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PH MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA PH; YEAST;

ABSORBENT PADS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; PROBIOTICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA; VULVA; YEASTS;

EID: 33745686049     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600578357     Document Type: Article

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