Association between BVAB1 and high Nugent scores among women with bacterial vaginosis

作者：Muzny Christina A; Sunesara Imran R; Griswold Michael E; Kumar Ranjit; Lefkowitz Elliot J; Mena Leandro A; Schwebke Jane R; Martin David H; Swiatlo Edwin^*

来源：Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2014, 80(4): 321-323.

DOI：10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.09.008

• Bacterial vaginosis
• Mobiluncus
• BVAB1
• Nugent score

As part of a larger study using 454 pyrosequencing to investigate the vaginal microbiota of women with bacterial vaginosis (BV), we found an association between a novel BV-associated bacterium (BVAB1) and high Nugent scores and propose that BVAB1 is the curved Gram-negative rod traditionally identified as Mobiluncus spp. in vaginal Gram stains.

• 出版日期2014-12