The Restoration of the Vaginal Microbiota After Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis with Metronidazole or Probiotics

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 773-780

  Ling, Zongxin ^a   Liu, Xia ^a   Chen, Weiguang ^a   Luo, Yueqiu ^a   Yuan, Li ^a   Xia, Yaxian ^a   Nelson, Karen E ^b   Huang, Shaolei ^c   Zhang, Shaoen ^c   Wang, Yuezhu ^d   Yuan, Jieli ^c   Li, Lanjuan ^a   Xiang, Charlie ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOPOBIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORIOBACTERIACEAE; GARDNERELLA; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; MEGASPHAERA; MYCOPLASMA; PREVOTELLA; SNEATHIA;

EID: 84876129104     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0154-3     Document Type: Article

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