In vitro inhibitory activity of human vaginal lactobacilli against pathogenic bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis in Kenyan women

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-215

  Matu, Martin N ^a,b   Orinda, George O ^a   Njagi, Eliud N M ^a   Cohen, Craig R ^c   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic activity; Bacterial vaginosis; Hydrogen peroxide; Indicator bacteria; Vaginal lactobacilli

Indexed keywords

ACID; BACTERIOCIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ACIDITY; ADULT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KENYA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILUNCUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PREVOTELLA BIVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; ANTIBIOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PREVOTELLA; VAGINA;

ACIDS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIOCINS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KENYA; LACTOBACILLUS; MOBILUNCUS; PREVOTELLA; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; MOBILUNCUS; PREVOTELLA BIVIA;

EID: 77953229628     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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