Unique vaginal microbiota that includes an unknown mycoplasma-like organism is associated with trichomonas vaginalis infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1922-1931

  Martin, David H ^a,b   Zozaya, Marcela ^c   Lillis, Rebecca A ^a   Myers, Leann ^d   Nsuami, M Jacques ^a   Ferris, Michael J ^b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Research Institute for Children   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; mycoplasmas; Trichomonas vaginalis; vaginal microbiota

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUGENT SCORE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SCORING SYSTEM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; MYCOPLASMAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINAL MICROBIOTA;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEW ORLEANS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84877954587     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit100     Document Type: Article

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