@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00015371, author = {Khan, Khaleque Newaz and Kitajima, Michio and Hiraki, Koichi and Yamaguchi, Naohiro and Katamine, Shigeru and Matsuyama, Toshifumi and Nakashima, Masahiro and Fujishita, Akira and Ishimaru, Tadayuki and Masuzaki, Hideaki}, issue = {7}, journal = {Fertility and Sterility}, month = {Dec}, note = {To test the hypothesis that bacterial contamination of menstrual blood could be a local biologic event in the development of endometriosis, menstrual blood was cultured and bacterial endotoxin was measured in menstrual blood and peritoneal fluid. Our results suggest that compared with control women, higher colony formation of Escherichia coli in menstrual blood and endotoxin levels in menstrual fluid and peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis may promote Toll-like receptor 4-mediated growth of endometriosis., Fertility and Sterility, 94(7), pp.2860-2863; 2010}, pages = {2860--2863}, title = {Escherichia coli contamination of menstrual blood and effect of bacterial endotoxin on endometriosis}, volume = {94}, year = {2010} }