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Characteristics of three vaginal flora patterns assessed Gram stain among pregnant women
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It is concluded that there are two primary stable vaginal flora patterns (normal flora or bacterial vaginosis) and a third less distinct transitional flora pattern between these two.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.The article was published on 1992-03-01. It has received 206 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vaginal flora & Flora.read more
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Association between Bacterial Vaginosis and Preterm Delivery of a Low-Birth-Weight Infant
Sharon L. Hillier,Robert P. Nugent,David A. Eschenbach,Marijane A. Krohn,Ronald S. Gibbs,David H. Martin,Mary Frances Cotch,Robert R. Edelman,J G Pastorek nd,A V Rao +9 more
TL;DR: The women with bacterial vaginosis were more likely to be unmarried, to be black, to have low incomes, and to have previously delivered low-birth-weight infants.
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Molecular Identification of Bacteria Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis
TL;DR: Bacterium-specific PCR assays showed that several bacteria that had not been previously described were highly prevalent in subjects with bacterial vaginosis but rare in healthy controls, including three bacteria in the Clostridiales order that were highly specific for bacterialvaginosis.
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Vaginal Lactobacilli, Microbial Flora, and Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Sexually Transmitted Disease Acquisition
Harold L. Martin,Barbra A. Richardson,Patrick M. Nyange,Ludo Lavreys,Sharon L. Hillier,Bhavna Chohan,Kishorchandra Mandaliya,Jeckoniah O. Ndinya-Achola,Job J. Bwayo,Joan K. Kreiss +9 more
TL;DR: Treatment of BV and promotion of vaginal colonization with lactobacilli should be evaluated as potential interventions to reduce a woman's risk of acquiring HIV-1, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis.
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The composition and stability of the vaginal microbiota of normal pregnant women is different from that of non-pregnant women
Roberto Romero,Roberto Romero,Roberto Romero,Sonia S. Hassan,Sonia S. Hassan,Pawel Gajer,Adi L. Tarca,Douglas Fadrosh,Lorraine Nikita,Marisa Galuppi,Marisa Galuppi,Ronald F. Lamont,Ronald F. Lamont,Piya Chaemsaithong,Jezid Miranda,Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa,Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa,Jacques Ravel +17 more
TL;DR: Differences in the composition and stability of the microbial community between pregnant and non-pregnant women were observed and can serve as the basis to study the relationship between the vaginal microbiome and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
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Abnormal bacterial colonisation of the genital tract and subsequent preterm delivery and late miscarriage
TL;DR: Late miscarriage and pre term delivery are associated with the presence of bacterial vaginosis in early pregnancy, independent of recognised risk factors such as previous preterm delivery.
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Reliability of diagnosing bacterial vaginosis is improved by a standardized method of gram stain interpretation.
TL;DR: The standardized score facilitates future research concerning bacterial vaginosis because it provides gradations of the disturbance of vaginal flora which may be associated with different levels of risk for pregnancy complications.
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Nonspecific vaginitis: Diagnostic criteria and microbial and epidemiologic associations
Richard Amsel,Patricia A. Totten,Carol A. Spiegel,Kirk C.S. Chen,David A. Eschenbach,King K. Holmes +5 more
TL;DR: Application of practical diagnostic criteria for standard clinical use should assist in clinical management of nonspecific vaginitis and in further study of the microbiologic and biochemical correlates and the pathogenesis of this mild but quite prevalent disease.
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Independent associations of bacterial vaginosis and Chlamydia trachomatis infection with adverse pregnancy outcome.
Michael G. Gravett,H. Preston Nelson,Timothy A. DeRouen,Cathy W. Critchlow,David A. Eschenbach,King K. Holmes +5 more
TL;DR: Pregnancy outcome to bacterial vaginosis, an anaerobic vaginal condition, and to other selected genital pathogens among 534 gravid women was prospectively studied, finding that neonates born to women with bacterialvaginosis had lower mean birth weight than did neonatesBorn to women without bacterial vagInosis.