The Identification of Vaginal Lactobacillus Species and the Demographic and Microbiologic Characteristics of Women Colonized by These Species (original) (raw)

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Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

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Human Papillomavirus Research Group, University of Washington

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Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

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Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Sharon L. Hillier, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Hospital, 300 Halket St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3180 (slh6+@pitt.edu).

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01 December 1999

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May A. D. Antonio, Stephen E. Hawes, Sharon L. Hillier, The Identification of Vaginal Lactobacillus Species and the Demographic and Microbiologic Characteristics of Women Colonized by These Species, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 180, Issue 6, December 1999, Pages 1950–1956, https://doi.org/10.1086/315109
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Abstract

Lactobacillus acidophilus has been reported to be the predominant vaginal species. Vaginal lactobacilli isolated from 215 sexually active women were identified using whole-chromosomal DNA probes to 20 American Type Culture Collection Lactobacillus strains. Most women were colonized by L. crispatus (32%), followed by L. jensenii (23%), a previously undescribed species designated L. 1086V (15%), L. gasseri (5%), L. fermentum (0.3%), L. oris (0.3%), L. reuteri (0.3%), L. ruminis (0.3%), and L. vaginalis (0.3%). H2O2 was produced by 95% of L. crispatus and 94% of L. jensenii isolates, compared with only 9% of L. 1086V. Colonization by L. crispatus or L. jensenii was positively associated with being white (P<.001),age ⩾20 years (P = .05), barrier contraceptive usage (P = .008), and lower frequency of bacterial vaginosis (P<.001) and gonorrhea (P = .03). L. crispatus and L. jensenii, not L. acidophilus, are the most common species of vaginal lactobacilli.

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Topic:

• chromosomes
• demography
• hydrogen peroxide
• lactobacillus
• vagina
• microbial colonization

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