Open AccessPresence and Concentrations of Select Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacteria Are Associated With Increased Risk of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Author(s) -
Catherine L. Haggerty,
Roberta B. Ness,
Patricia A. Totten,
Fouzia Farooq,
Gong Tang,
Daisy Ko,
Xuezhou Hou,
Tina L. Fiedler,
Sujatha Srinivasan,
Sabina G. Astete,
David N. Fredricks
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000001164
Subject(s) - bacterial vaginosis , pelvic inflammatory disease , chlamydia trachomatis , medicine , prevotella , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , chlamydia , gynecology , immunology , biology , genetics
In a vaginal 16S ribosomal RNA gene quantitative PCR study of 17 pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) cases and 17 controls who tested positive for Chlamydia trachomatis, women who additionally tested positive for Atopobium vaginae, Sneathia spp., Megasphaera spp., Eggerthella-like bacterium or Prevotella amnii were more likely to develop PID.