Abstract
Correction: Characterization of the Vaginal Microbiota among Sexual Risk Behavior Groups of Women with Bacterial Vaginosis
Highlights
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection worldwide [1,2,3]
The objective of this study was to use 454 pyrosequencing to investigate the vaginal microbiome of WSW, women who have sex with women and men (WSWM), and women who have sex with men (WSM) with bacterial vaginosis (BV) to determine similarities and differences in organism composition between sexual risk behavior groups that may inform new hypotheses regarding the pathogenesis of this common vaginal infection
Description of the Sample A total of 112 women with BV had stored vaginal specimens that were included in this study: 33 WSW, 35 WSWM, and 44 WSM (Table 1)
Summary
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection worldwide [1,2,3]. It is associated with adverse outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, postoperative infections, and increased risk of acquisition and transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. In the 2001-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, BV prevalence was 45.2% among women who reported a history of a female sexual partner compared to 28.8% among women who did not (p
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