Identification of culturable vaginal Lactobacillus species among reproductive age women in Mysore, India

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 636-641

  Madhivanan, Purnima ^a,b   Alleyn, Harry N ^a   Raphael, Eva ^c   Krupp, Karl ^a,b   Ravi, Kavitha ^b   Nebhrajani, Roshan ^a   Arun, Anjali ^b   Reingold, Arthur L ^d   Riley, Lee W ^d   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a,e  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Public Health Research Institute of India   (India)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; TRANSFER RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HINDU; HUMAN; INDIA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA PH; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INDIA; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935146782     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000070     Document Type: Article

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