Temporal variability of human vaginal bacteria and relationship with bacterial vaginosis.

Temporal variability of human vaginal bacteria and relationship with bacterial vaginosis.

Little is known about short-term bacterial fluctuations in the human vagina. This study used PCR to assess the variability in concentrations of key vaginal bacteria in healthy women and the immediate response to antibiotic treatment in women with bacterial vaginosis (BV).Twenty-two women assessed fo...

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Main Authors: Sujatha Srinivasan, Congzhou Liu, Caroline M Mitchell, Tina L Fiedler, Katherine K Thomas, Kathy J Agnew, Jeanne M Marrazzo, David N Fredricks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2855365?pdf=render

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