Vaginal pH measured in vivo: lactobacilli determine pH and lactic acid concentration

BACKGROUND: Lactic acid (protonated lactate) has broad antimicrobial activity. Vaginal lactobacilli produce lactic acid, and are known to confer protection against reproductive tract infections when they are predominant in the vaginal microbiota. Using novel ex vivo methods, we showed that cervicova...

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Autores principales: O’Hanlon, Deirdre Elizabeth, Come, Richard A., Moench, Thomas R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30642259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1388-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30642259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1388-8

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