Characterisation of the oral, vaginal and rectal Lactobacillus flora in healthy pregnant and postmenopausal women

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-99

  Petricevic, Ljubomir ^a   Domig, Konrad J ^b   Nierscher, Franz Joseph ^a   Krondorfer, Iris ^b   Janitschek, Cathrin ^b   Kneifel, Wolfgang ^b   Kiss, Herbert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; Lactobacillus spp.; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MOUTH FLORA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84855825091     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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