“…The largest percentage of strains of streptococci were inhibitory, fol- (21) Infected lowed by staphylococci and lactobacilli. Other studies using a variety of techniques have demonstrated the in vitro antagonism of N. gonorrhoeae by Candida albicans, staphylococci, Corynebacteria, streptococci, other species of Neisseria, Enterobacteriaceae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (10,17,20,24,25,27,30,34). However, very few of these studies provided direct evidence for a protective effect in vivo.…”