A New Era of the Vaginal Microbiome: Advances Using Next-Generation Sequencing

Amniotic Fluid Interleukin-1 Beta and Interleukin-6, but not Interleukin-8 Correlate with Microbial Invasion of the Amniotic Cavity in Preterm Labor

(2011) Camila Marconi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular methods to describe the spectrum and dynamics of the vaginal microbiota

(2011) David N. Fredricks   ANAEROBE

Molecular Definition of Vaginal Microbiota in East African Commercial Sex Workers

(2011) John J. Schellenberg et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The vaginal microbiome: new information about genital tract flora using molecular based techniques

(2011) RF Lamont et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Aerobic vaginitis in pregnancy

(2011) GGG Donders et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

In vaginal fluid, bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis can be suppressed with lactic acid but not hydrogen peroxide

(2011) Deirdre E O'Hanlon et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

(2011) Manimozhiyan Arumugam et al.   NATURE

The vagina catalogues

(2011) Alison McCook   NATURE MEDICINE

Bacterial Vaginosis and Risk for Trichomonas vaginalis Infection: A Longitudinal Analysis

(2011) Sujit D. Rathod et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

The role of acidification in the inhibition of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by vaginal lactobacilli during anaerobic growth

(2011) Michelle A Graver et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

An Evolutionary Genomic Approach to Identify Genes Involved in Human Birth Timing

(2011) Jevon Plunkett et al.   PLoS Genetics

A genetic association study of maternal and fetal candidate genes that predispose to preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM)

(2010) Roberto Romero et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Evidence of a gene-environment interaction that predisposes to spontaneous preterm birth: a role for asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis and DNA variants in genes that control the inflammatory response

(2010) Luis M. Gómez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

High sialidase levels increase preterm birth risk among women who are bacterial vaginosis–positive in early gestation

(2010) Sabina Cauci et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Endogenous bacterial flora in pregnant women and the influence of maternal genetic variation

(2010) MR Genc et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Molecular analysis of the diversity of vaginal microbiota associated with bacterial vaginosis

(2010) Xin Z Ling et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Cervicovaginal fluid and semen block the microbicidal activity of hydrogen peroxide produced by vaginal lactobacilli

(2010) Deirdre E O'Hanlon et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Atrophic vaginitis

(2010) Catherine S. Stika   Dermatologic Therapy

Management of Aerobic Vaginitis

(2010) Gianna Tempera et al.   GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION

Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms and Length of Gestation

(2010) Margaret Harper et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

At the crossroads of vaginal health and disease, the genome sequence of Lactobacillus iners AB-1

(2010) J. M. Macklaim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

(2010) J. Ravel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Catalog of Reference Genomes from the Human Microbiome

(2010) et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial vaginosis and HIV acquisition: a meta-analysis of published studies

(2009) Julius Atashili et al.   AIDS

Pyrosequencing of the Chaperonin-60 Universal Target as a Tool for Determining Microbial Community Composition

(2009) J. Schellenberg et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genomic DNA amplification by the multiple displacement amplification (MDA) method: Figure 1

(2009) Roger S. Lasken   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microflora in pregnancy suggests that L. crispatus promotes the stability of the normal vaginal microflora and that L. gasseri and/or L. iners are more conducive to the occurrence of abnormal vaginal microflora

(2009) Hans Verstraelen et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Metagenomic Pyrosequencing and Microbial Identification

(2009) J. F. Petrosino et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

The NIH Human Microbiome Project

(2009) et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Gene polymorphisms of Toll-like and related recognition receptors in relation to the vaginal carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae

(2009) Hans Verstraelen et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Predicting risk of bacterial vaginosis: the role of race, smoking and corticotropin-releasing hormone-related genes

(2009) K.K. Ryckman et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Common Gynecologic Infections

(2009) Wendy S. Biggs et al.   PRIMARY CARE

Characterization of salivaricin CRL 1328, a two-peptide bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus salivarius CRL 1328 isolated from the human vagina

(2009) Esteban Vera Pingitore et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

A Delicate Balance: Risk Factors for Acquisition of Bacterial Vaginosis Include Sexual Activity, Absence of Hydrogen Peroxide-Producing Lactobacilli, Black Race, and Positive Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Serology

(2009) Thomas L. Cherpes et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Lactocin 160, a Bacteriocin Produced by Vaginal Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Targets Cytoplasmic Membranes of the Vaginal Pathogen, Gardnerella vaginalis

(2009) Yevgeniy Turovskiy et al.   Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins

Diversity of Human Vaginal Bacterial Communities and Associations with Clinically Defined Bacterial Vaginosis

(2008) B. B. Oakley et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Inhibition of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Epithelial Cell Interactions by Vaginal Lactobacillus Species

(2008) R. R. Spurbeck et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Adherence of clinically isolated lactobacilli to human cervical cells in competition with Neisseria gonorrhoeae

(2008) Katarina Vielfort et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Microbial Prevalence, Diversity and Abundance in Amniotic Fluid During Preterm Labor: A Molecular and Culture-Based Investigation

(2008) Daniel B. DiGiulio et al.   PLoS One

Symbiotic gut microbes modulate human metabolic phenotypes

(2008) M. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA