Influence of biofilm formation by gardnerella vaginalis and other anaerobes on bacterial vaginosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1856-1861

  Machado, António ^a,b   Cerca, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Biofilm; BV associated anaerobes; Gardnerella vaginalis; Initial adhesion

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBE; ANAEROCOCCUS TETRADIUS; ARTHROBACTER; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BUTYRIVIBRIO; CAULOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIALES; EGGERTHELLA; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GEMELLA; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEPTOTRICHIA; MEGASPHAERA; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOBILUNCUS MULIERIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PARVIMONAS; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTONIPHILUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA BIVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYMBIOSIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINITIS; VEILLONELLA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOFILMS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84945420227     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv338     Document Type: Review

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