Dissimilarity in the occurrence of Bifidobacteriaceae in vaginal and perianal microbiota in women with bacterial vaginosis

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 478-482

  Swidsinski, Alexander ^a,b   Dörffel, Yvonne ^b   Loening Baucke, Vera ^a   Mendling, Werner ^c   Schilling, Johannes ^a   Patterson, Jennifer L ^d   Verstraelen, Hans ^e  

^a Laboratory for Molecular Genetics   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Vivantes Kliniken for Gynaecologic and Obstetrics Am Urban and im Friedrichshain   (Germany)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Bifidobacteria; Biofilm; Gardnerella vaginalis; Vaginal microflora

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

BIFIDOBACTERIALES INFECTIONS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOFILMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 77957016579     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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