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Gardnerella vaginalis Subgroups Defined by cpn60 Sequencing and Sialidase Activity in Isolates from Canada, Belgium and Kenya.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Schellenberg John J, Paramel Jayaprakash Teenus, Withana Gamage Niradha, Patterson Mo H, Vaneechoutte Mario, Hill Janet E
Abstract excerpt
Increased abundance of Gardnerella vaginalis and sialidase activity in vaginal fluid is associated with bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common but poorly understood clinical entity associated with poor reproductive health outcomes. Since most women are colonized with G. vaginalis, its status as a normal member of the vaginal microbiota or pathogen causing BV remains controversial, and numerous classification schemes...
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