The role of Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus Lcr35 in restoring the normal vaginal flora after antibiotic treatment of bacterial vaginosis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1369-1374

  Petricevic, L ^a   Witt, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Lactobacilli; Vaginal flora

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAPSULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 51749115496     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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