Association between cigarette smoking and the vaginal microbiota: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Smoking has been identified in observational studies as a risk factor for bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition defined in part by decimation of Lactobacillus spp. The anti-estrogenic effect of smoking and trace amounts of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE) may predispose women to BV. BP...

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Autores principales: Brotman, Rebecca M, He, Xin, Gajer, Pawel, Fadrosh, Doug, Sharma, Eva, Mongodin, Emmanuel F, Ravel, Jacques, Glover, Elbert D, Rath, Jessica M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25169082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-471

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25169082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-471

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