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Incident bacterial vaginosis in a community-based cohort of women

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Resumo:[Excerpt] OBJECTIVES: ln an ongoing community-based BV pathogenesis study, we evaluated time to incident BV (iBV) as well as select characteristics of women with this infection. METHODS: Non-pregnant women ages 18-45 with normal vaginal microbiota (no Amsel criteria, normal Nugent score), no antibiotic use in the past 14 days, no concurrent STis, and a current male sexual partner were followed for 9 weeks. Participants completed an enrollment questionnaire and self-collected twice daily vaginal specimens for Gram stain and future vaginal microbiota analysis. iBV was defined as a Nugent score of 7-10 on 24 consecutive vaginal specimens. [...]
Autores principais:Muzny, C.
Outros Autores:Aaron, K.; Tamhane, A.; Long, D.; Van Gerwen, O.; Graves, K.; Eastlund, I.; Elnaggar, J.; Cerca, Nuno; Taylor, C.
Assunto:BV pathogenesis study Characteristics of women with this infection
Ano:2024
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:outro
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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Resumo:[Excerpt] OBJECTIVES: ln an ongoing community-based BV pathogenesis study, we evaluated time to incident BV (iBV) as well as select characteristics of women with this infection. METHODS: Non-pregnant women ages 18-45 with normal vaginal microbiota (no Amsel criteria, normal Nugent score), no antibiotic use in the past 14 days, no concurrent STis, and a current male sexual partner were followed for 9 weeks. Participants completed an enrollment questionnaire and self-collected twice daily vaginal specimens for Gram stain and future vaginal microbiota analysis. iBV was defined as a Nugent score of 7-10 on 24 consecutive vaginal specimens. [...]