Contemporary perspectives on vaginal pH and lactobacilli

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120.e1-120.e5

  Linhares, Iara M ^a   Summers, Paul R ^b   Larsen, Bryan ^c   Giraldo, Paulo C ^d   Witkin, Steven S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

infection; lactobacilli; vaginal pH; vaginal physiology

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; LACTOFERRIN; LINOLEIC ACID; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ATOPOBIUM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LEPTOTRICHIA; MEGASPHAERA; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUGENT SCORE; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS;

EID: 79551487576     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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