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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Autores principales: Deirdre E O'Hanlon, Thomas R Moench, Richard A Cone
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/cbc296ac7c154489bb9b97b95935f99d
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