Diverse vaginal microbiomes in reproductive-age women with vulvovaginal candidiasis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Mu Biao ^a   Xu, Su Rong ^a   He, Yan ^b   Deng, Guan Hua ^b   Sheng, Hua Fang ^b   Huang, Xue Mei ^a   Ouyang, Cai Yan ^a   Zhou, Hong Wei ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; METAGENOME; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893365348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079812     Document Type: Article

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