Relationship between lactobacilli and opportunistic bacterial pathogens associated with vaginitis

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 185-192

  Razzak, Mohammad Sabri A ^a   Al Charrakh, Alaa H ^a   Al Greitty, Bara Hamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BABYLON   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Lactobacilli; Probiotic bacteria; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIOCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPETITOR SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; IRAQ; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS; MARRIED WOMAN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; SINGLE WOMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

EID: 79953734928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4297/najms.2011.3185     Document Type: Article

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