Detection of Atopobium vaginae in postmenopausal women by cultivation-independent methods warrants further investigation.

ABSTRACT: We sequenced 16S rRNA genes from the vaginal swab contents of a postmenopausal woman with asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis (BV). Sequences from Atopobium vaginae were the most commonly detected. In a survey of 35 other postmenopausal women, this organism was detected in 44% with BV but not in any subjects deemed healthy.

SUBMITTER: Burton JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC387601 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature