Open AccessAssociation Between Trichomonas vaginalis and Vaginal Bacterial Community Composition Among Reproductive-Age Women
Author(s) -
Rebecca M. Brotman,
Lynda L. Bradford,
Melissa D. Conrad,
Pawel Gajer,
Kevin A. Ault,
Lígia Peralta,
Larry J. Forney,
Jane M. Carlton,
Zaid Abdo,
Jacques Ravel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3182631c79
Subject(s) - gardnerella vaginalis , bacterial vaginosis , lactobacillus crispatus , trichomonas vaginalis , pyrosequencing , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , lactobacillus , genetics , gene , bacteria
Some vaginal bacterial communities are thought to prevent infection by sexually transmitted organisms. Prior work demonstrated that the vaginal microbiota of reproductive-age women cluster into 5 types of bacterial communities; 4 dominated by Lactobacillus species (L. iners, L. crispatus, L. gasseri, L. jensenii) and 1 (termed community state type (CST) IV) lacking significant numbers of lactobacilli and characterized by higher proportions of Atopobium, Prevotella, Parvimonas, Sneathia, Gardnerella, Mobiluncus, and other taxa. We sought to evaluate the relationship between vaginal bacterial composition and Trichomonas vaginalis.