Characterisation of the vaginal Lactobacillus microbiota associated with preterm delivery

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Petricevic, Ljubomir ^a   Domig, Konrad J ^b   Nierscher, Franz Josef ^a   Sandhofer, Michael J ^a   Fidesser, Maria ^b   Krondorfer, Iris ^b   Husslein, Peter ^a   Kneifel, Wolfgang ^b   Kiss, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84901752190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05136     Document Type: Article

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