Vaginal bacterial flora: Up to date;Novos conhecimentos sobre a flora bacteriana vaginal

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-374

  Linhares, Iara Moreno ^a   Giraldo, Paulo Cesar ^b   Baracat, Edmund Chada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candidiasis vulvovaginal; Gardnerella vaginalis; Gene amplification; Genetic; Immunity innate; Lactobacillus; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; VAGINA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; VAGINA;

EID: 77955289683     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302010000300026     Document Type: Review

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