Antimicrobial spectrum of anti-Gardnerella vaginalis bacteriocin producing Lactobacillus fermentum HV6b against bacterial vaginosis associated organisms

American Journal of Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Kaur, Baljinder ^a   Balgir, Praveen ^a   Mittu, Bharti ^a   Chuahan, Ashish ^b   Kumar, Balvir ^a   Garg, Neena ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Bacteriocin; Gardnerella vaginalis; Lactic acid bacteria; Vaginal ecosystem

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIOCIN; CEFIXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TINIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84876165463     PISSN: 2150427X     EISSN: 21504296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajdd.2013.1.12     Document Type: Article

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