A fruitful alliance: the synergy between Atopobium vaginae and Gardnerella vaginalis in bacterial vaginosis-associated biofilm

OBJECTIVES: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is characterised by a change in the microbial composition of the vagina. The BV-associated organisms outnumber the health-associated Lactobacillus species and form a polymicrobial biofilm on the vaginal epithelium, possibly explaining the difficulties with antibi...

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Autores principales: Hardy, Liselotte, Jespers, Vicky, Abdellati, Said, De Baetselier, Irith, Mwambarangwe, Lambert, Musengamana, Viateur, van de Wijgert, Janneke, Vaneechoutte, Mario, Crucitti, Tania
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
Materias:
Basic Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26965870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052475

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26965870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052475

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