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International Journal of Clinical Practice, 1996 SUMMARY Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an alteration of the vaginal flora, where the normally predominant lactobacilli are replaced by a cocktail of organisms including Gardnerella vaginalis and anaerobes. It presents with a grey, homogenous, offensive vaginal discharge that has a raised pH.
C J, Priestley, G R, Kinghorn
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The significance of Lactobacillus crispatus and L. vaginalis for vaginal health and the negative effect of recent sex: a cross-sectional descriptive study across groups of African women [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Women in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to acquiring HIV infection and reproductive tract infections. Bacterial vaginosis (BV), a disruption of the vaginal microbiota, has been shown to be strongly associated with HIV infection.
Gilles F Ndayisaba +12 more
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Nursing, 2020 Abstract: Bacterial vaginosis increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and treatment is crucial to avoid complications. This article reviews the evidence-based options for treating bacterial vaginosis to improve patient outcomes.
Kelly Ellington, Scott J. Saccomano
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The cervicovaginal mucus barrier to HIV-1 is diminished in bacterial vaginosis
PLoS Pathogens, 2020 Bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition in which the vaginal microbiota consists of community of obligate and facultative anaerobes rather than dominated by a single species of Lactobacillus, affects ~30% of women in the US.
Thuy M. Hoang +12 more
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Bacterial vaginosis: novel aspects of etiology, pathogenesis, and selection of therapeutic strategy [PDF]
РМЖ. Мать и дитя, 2019 G.B. Dikke F.I. Inozemtsev Academy of Medical Education, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation The article discusses novel data on vaginal microbiome composition, risk factors, occurrence, pathogenesis, diagnosis, modification of ...
G.B. Dikke
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Self-similar dynamics of bacterial chemotaxis [PDF]
Phys. Rev. E 86, 062901 (2012), 2012 Colonies of bacteria grown on thin agar plate exhibit fractal patterns as a result of adaptation to their environments. The bacterial colony pattern formation is regulated crucially by chemotaxis, the movement of cells along a chemical concentration gradient.
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020 Importance Bacterial vaginosis is common and is caused by a disruption of the microbiological environment in the lower genital tract. In the US, reported prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women ranges from 5.8% to 19.3% and is higher in ...
D. Owens +15 more
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Public health approach to prevent cervical cancer in HIV-infected women in Kenya : issues to consider in the design of prevention programs [PDF]
, 2017 Women living with HIV in Africa are at increased risk to be co-infected with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), persistent high risk (HR) HPV infection and bacterial vaginosis (BV), which compounds HPV persistence, thereby increasing the risk for cervical ...
Callens, Steven +4 more
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Differential diagnosis and treatment for bacterial vaginosis [PDF]
РМЖ. Мать и дитя, 2020 R.A. Chilova, G.F. Proklova, N.V. Goncharenko Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation Bacterial vaginosis is a non-inflammatory infectious syndrome associated with the suppression of normal vaginal microflora by polymicrobial ...
Chilova R.A. +2 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Bacterial vaginosis-associated bacterium 1 (BVAB1) is an as-yet uncultured bacterial species found in the human vagina that belongs to the family Lachnospiraceae within the order Clostridiales.
J. Holm +8 more
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