The biofilm in bacterial vaginosis: implications for epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment: 2018 update

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Bacterial vaginosis is conventionally appreciated as a temporary community disturbance of the vaginal microbiota, though really involving self-organization as a resilient biofilm community. We will briefly review here how recent findings on this matter may affect practice and research in this field. RECENT FINDINGS: The rapidly expanding literature base on the vaginal microbiome is largely...

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