Association of vaginal dysbiosis and biofilm with contraceptive vaginal ring biomass in African women

We investigated the presence, density and bacterial composition of contraceptive vaginal ring biomass and its association with the vaginal microbiome. Of 415 rings worn by 120 Rwandese women for three weeks, the biomass density was assessed with crystal violet and the bacterial composition of biomas...

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Autores principales: Hardy, Liselotte, Jespers, Vicky, De Baetselier, Irith, Buyze, Jozefien, Mwambarangwe, Lambert, Musengamana, Viateur, van de Wijgert, Janneke, Crucitti, Tania
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5464551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28594946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178324