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- Title
The development of probiotics for women's health.
- Authors
Reid, Gregor
- Abstract
The idea you could use lactic acid bacteria to treat and prevent recurrence of vaginal infections was ridiculed in the early 1980s. Bacteria were the bad guys to be eradicated by current and emerging antibiotic classes. Thirty years later, probiotic administration of microbes is widespread worldwide, including for vaginal and bladder health in women, and the scientific basis and clinical efficacy data for this and multiple other applications prove the viability of this concept. The development of this approach, the creation of a definition for probiotics, and the expansion to other areas of women's health form the basis of this review.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of probiotics; VAGINAL disease treatment; LACTOBACILLUS; FERMENTED foods; URINARY tract infections
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2017, Vol 63, Issue 4, p269
- ISSN
0008-4166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjm-2016-0733