Vaginal biofilms and bacterial vaginosis: Of mice and women

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1481-1483

  Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; biofilms; Gardnerella vaginalis; Lactobacillus

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; MICROBIOME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84876589603     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit050     Document Type: Note

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