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Gardnerella vaginalis population dynamics in bacterial vaginosis.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jul 2017
Hilbert D W, Schuyler J A, Adelson M E, Mordechai E, Sobel J D, Gygax S E
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the leading cause of vaginal discharge and is associated with the facultative Gram-variable bacterium Gardnerella vaginalis, whose population structure consists of four clades. Our goal was to determine if these clades differ with regard to abundance during BV. We performed a short-term longitudinal study of BV. Patients were evaluated according to the Amsel criteria and Nugent scoring...
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