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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Oral use of probiotics as an adjunctive therapy to fluconazole in the treatment of yeast vaginitis: A study of Nigerian women in an outdoor clinic

Kingsley C. Anukam Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Benson Idahosa University; Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Benin, Nigeria
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Martin U. Duru Faith Mediplex, Benin City, Nigeria; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin
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Clinton C. Eze Faith Mediplex, Benin City, Nigeria
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Johnbull Egharevba Faith Mediplex, Benin City, Nigeria
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Alfred Aiyebelehin Faith Mediplex, Benin City, Nigeria
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Andrew Bruce Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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Gregor Reid Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 72-77 | Received 14 Oct 2008, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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Amin Abbasi, Leili Aghebati-Maleki & Aziz Homayouni-Rad. (2022) The promising biological role of postbiotics derived from probiotic Lactobacillus species in reproductive health. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 62:32, pages 8829-8841.
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Angela Boahen, Leslie Thian Lung Than, Yi-Linn Loke & Shu Yih Chew. (2022) The Antibiofilm Role of Biotics Family in Vaginal Fungal Infections. Frontiers in Microbiology 13.
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Ana López-Moreno & Margarita Aguilera. (2020) Probiotics Dietary Supplementation for Modulating Endocrine and Fertility Microbiota Dysbiosis. Nutrients 12:3, pages 757.
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Gregor Reid. (2020) Fourteen steps to relevance: taking probiotics from the bench to the consumer. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 66:1, pages 1-10.
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Adele Shenoy & Alice Gottlieb. (2019) Probiotics for oral and vulvovaginal candidiasis: A review. Dermatologic Therapy, pages e12970.
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Huan Yu Xie, Dan Feng, Dong Mei Wei, Ling Mei, Hui Chen, Xun Wang & Fang Fang. (2017) Probiotics for vulvovaginal candidiasis in non-pregnant women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017:11.
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Robab Davar, Fahimeh Nokhostin, Maryam Eftekhar, Leili Sekhavat, Mohammad Bashiri Zadeh & Farimah Shamsi. (2016) Comparing the Recurrence of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Patients Undergoing Prophylactic Treatment with Probiotic and Placebo During the 6 Months. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins 8:3, pages 130-133.
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Gregor Reid, Joke Dols & Wayne Miller. (2009) Targeting the vaginal microbiota with probiotics as a means to counteract infections. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care 12:6, pages 583-587.
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