Strong correspondence in bacterial loads between the vagina and rectum of pregnant women

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 506-513

  El Aila, Nabil Abdullah ^a   Tency, Inge ^b   Saerens, Bart ^a   De Backer, Ellen ^a   Cools, Piet ^a   dos Santos Santiago, Guido Lopes ^a   Verstraelen, Hans ^b   Verhelst, Rita ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^b   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atopobium vaginae; Gardnerella vaginalis; Lactobacilli; Pregnant women; QPCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACIILUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; VAGINA; VAGINA FLORA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL LOAD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RECTUM; VAGINA;

ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS;

EID: 79957799750     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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