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Vaginal pH and Microbicidal Lactic Acid When Lactobacilli Dominate the Microbiota
Lactic acid at sufficiently acidic pH is a potent microbicide, and lactic acid produced by vaginal lactobacilli may help protect against reproductive tract infections. However, previous observations likely underestimated healthy vaginal acidity and total lactate concentration since they failed to ex...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3819307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24223212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080074 |