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Advances in Research on the Relationship between Vaginal Microbiota and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Gynecological Diseases [PDF]
The human microbiota inhabiting different parts of the body has been shown to have a significant impact on human health, with the gut microbiota being the most extensively studied in relation to disease.
Fuju Zhao, Xianyang Hu, Chunmei Ying
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OBJECTIVE The Vaginal Microecology Evaluation System (VMES) is a technical and economically feasible tool to assess the vaginal microbiomes of gynecological outpatients.
Ting Li+4 more
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The Vaginal Microbiome: Disease, Genetics and the Environment [PDF]
The vagina is an interactive interface between the host and the environment. Its surface is covered by a protective epithelium colonized by bacteria and other microorganisms.
Jennifer M. Fettweis+28 more
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The Vaginal Virome in Women’s Health and Disease
Most research on the vaginal microbiome has focused on bacterial communities (the bacteriome), but viruses, including eukaryotic viruses and bacteriophages, are also important players in vaginal health and disease states.
Kyra l’Cess Orton, Cynthia L. Monaco
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Role of Vaginal Microbiota Dysbiosis in Gynecological Diseases and the Potential Interventions
Vaginal microbiota dysbiosis, characterized by the loss of Lactobacillus dominance and increase of microbial diversity, is closely related to gynecological diseases; thus, intervention on microbiota composition is significant and promising in the ...
Yiwen Han+4 more
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Rational pharmacotherapy of major vaginal diseases [PDF]
This paper outlines the issues of rational pharmacotherapy for women with various vulvovaginal etiology. Taking into consideration the pathogenesis of major diseases of the vagina, the concept of therapy based on combined drugs.
A G Kedrova
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Contribution of Lactobacillus iners to Vaginal Health and Diseases: A Systematic Review
Lactobacillus iners, first described in 1999, is a prevalent bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome. As L. iners does not easily grow on de Man-Rogosa-Sharpe agar, but can grow anaerobically on blood agar, it has been initially overlooked by ...
Nengneng Zheng+5 more
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The role of probiotics in vaginal health
Probiotics have been widely used in the treatment of intestinal diseases, but the effect of probiotics on female reproductive tract health is still controversial.
Zhaojun Mei, Dandan Li
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Warding Off Recurrent Yeast and Bacterial Vaginal Infections: Lactoferrin and Lactobacilli
Vaginal infections are the most prevalent women’s health problem. Incompetent diagnosis, inappropriate treatments, and antibiotic resistance are the main causes of the unsatisfactory results of conventional, antimicrobic treatment for these ...
Fabiana Superti, Francesco De Seta
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Bacterial vaginosis - diagnostic dilemma and implications [PDF]
Background/Aim. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of the most common microbial dysbiosis, characterized by a decrease of Lactobacillus spp. with an increase of other anaerobic bacteria species [Gardnerella (G.) vaginalis, Atopobium (A.) vaginae, Prevotella
Atanasievska Sonja+4 more
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