The vaginal flora of healthy women is not always dominated by Lactobacillus species [3]

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1468-1469

  Forney, Larry J ^a   Foster, James A ^a   Ledger, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 33750690561     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508497     Document Type: Letter

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