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SUBMITTER: Dumonceaux TJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2786665 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dumonceaux Tim J TJ Schellenberg John J Goleski Vanessa V Hill Janet E JE Jaoko Walter W Kimani Joshua J Money Deborah D Ball T Blake TB Plummer Francis A FA Severini Alberto A
Journal of clinical microbiology 20090930 12
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a recurrent condition that is associated with a range of negative outcomes, including the acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted diseases, preterm births, and pelvic inflammatory disease. In contrast to the Lactobacillus-dominated normal vaginal microbiota, BV is characterized by a lack of lactobacilli and an abundance of anaerobic and gram-negative organisms, including Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae. To date, the labor ...[more]