Quantitative determination by real-time PCR of four vaginal Lactobacillus species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae indicates an inverse relationship between L. gasseri and L. iners

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  De Backer, Ellen ^a   Verhelst, Rita ^a   Verstraelen, Hans ^a   Alqumber, Mohammed A ^b   Burton, Jeremy P ^b   Tagg, John R ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS INER; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA FLORA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GRAM'S STAIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENAZINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 38949192019     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-115     Document Type: Article

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