Infertility as a Consequence of Spermagglutinating Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Genital Tract of Female Mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Kaur, Siftjit ^a   Prabha, Vijay ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MICE; SPERM MOTILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VAGINA;

MUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84871283814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052325     Document Type: Article

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