Bacterial Communities Associated With Abnormal Nugent Score in Postmenopausal Versus Premenopausal Women

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The Nugent score is the reference standard for bacterial vaginosis (BV) diagnosis but has not been validated in postmenopausal women. We compared relative abundances from 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing of vaginal microbiota with Nugent score in cohorts of premenopausal (n = 220) and postmenopausal (n = 144) women. In premenopausal women, 33 taxa were significantly correlated with Nugent score, including the classic BV-associated taxa Gardnerella, Atopobium, Sneathia, Megasphaera, and Prevotella. In postmenopausal women, 11 taxa were significantly associated with Nugent score, including Prevotella but no other BV-associated genera. High Nugent scores should not be used to infer BV in postmenopausal women.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:223

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The Journal of infectious diseases - 223(2021), 12 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 2048-2052

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mitchell, Caroline M [VerfasserIn]
Srinivasan, Sujatha [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Nanxun [VerfasserIn]
Reed, Susan D [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Michael C [VerfasserIn]
Hoffman, Noah G [VerfasserIn]
Valint, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Proll, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Fiedler, Tina L [VerfasserIn]
Agnew, Kathy J [VerfasserIn]
Guthrie, Katherine A [VerfasserIn]
Fredricks, David N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacterial vaginosis
Journal Article
Menopause
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Vaginal microbiota
Vaginitis

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Date Completed 14.02.2022

Date Revised 11.02.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiaa675

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NLM316762849