Quantitative variations in the vaginal bacterial population associated with asymptomatic infections: A real-time polymerase chain reaction study

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-285

  Biagi, E ^a   Vitali, B ^a   Pugliese, C ^a   Candela, M ^a   Donders, G G G ^b,c   Brigidi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Femicare vzw   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; VEILLONELLA;

ADULT; BACTERIA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349127180     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0617-0     Document Type: Article

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