Intravaginal microbial flora by the 16S rRNA gene sequencing

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235.e1-235.e9

  Yoshimura, Kazuaki ^a   Morotomi, Nobuo ^a   Fukuda, Kazumasa ^a   Nakano, Masahiro ^a   Kashimura, Masamichi ^a   Hachisuga, Toru ^a   Taniguchi, Hatsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopobium vaginae; bacterial vaginosis; clone library analysis; Lactobacillus iners; principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM AKAGII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE BASED METHOD; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIALISTER INVISUS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GALLICOLA BARNESAE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPANESE; LACTOBACILLARY GRADE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUGENT SCORE; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA BIVIA; PREVOTELLA BUCCALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; VEILLONELLA; VEILLONELLA DISPAR;

EID: 80052271117     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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