In vitro activity of nifuratel on vaginal bacteria: Could it be a good candidate for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis?

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2490-2492

  Togni, Giuseppe ^a   Battini, Valeria ^b   Bulgheroni, Anna ^c   Mailland, Federico ^c   Caserini, Maurizio ^c   Mendling, Werner ^d  

^a Unilabs   (France)

^b IPAS   (United States)

^c Polichem SA   (Switzerland)

^d Vivantes Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NIFURATEL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIFURATEL; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79955546177     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01623-10     Document Type: Article

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