Characteristics of Lactobacillus and Gardnerella vaginalis from women with or without bacterial vaginosis and their relationships in gnotobiotic mice

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1074-1081

  Teixeira, G S ^a   Carvalho, F P ^a   Arantes, R M E ^a   Nunes, A C ^a   Moreira, J L S ^a   Mendonca M ^a   Almeida, R B ^a   Farias, L M ^a   Carvalho, M A R ^a   Nicoli, J R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS COLEHOMINIS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS HILGARDII; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LACTOBACILLUS VAGINALIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL LOAD; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GERM-FREE LIFE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864108001     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.041962-0     Document Type: Article

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