Vaginal microbiome and metabolome highlight specific signatures of bacterial vaginosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2367-2376

  Vitali, B ^a   Cruciani, F ^a,e   Picone, G ^b   Parolin, C ^a   Donders, G ^c,d   Laghi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Regionaal Ziekenhuis Heilig Hart Tienen   (Belgium)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; AMINE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBOXYLIC ACID; KYNURENINE; MALONIC ACID; MALTOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SARCOSINE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UROCANIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; METABOLOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVOTELLA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLOME; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947865376     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2490-y     Document Type: Article

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