Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Bacterial vaginosis
PATHOGENS
- Bacterial vaginosis (BV) appears to represent a disruption of normal vaginal flora with altered relative concentrations of various microorganisms, including depletion of H2O2-producing lactobacilli and proliferation of anaerobic Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria such as:
- Gardnerella vaginalis
- Mobiluncus species
- Prevotella species
- Atopobium vaginae
- Other: Leptotrichia/Sneathia spp., Megasphaera spp. and BVAB-1, BVAB-2, and BVAB-3 (all Clostridiales order bacteria)
- Inflammation is absent with a dense biofilm; G. vaginalis predominates over other species.
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Last updated: January 11, 2023
Citation
Fabre, Valeria. "Bacterial Vaginosis." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2023. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540051/all/Bacterial_vaginosis.
Fabre V. Bacterial vaginosis. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540051/all/Bacterial_vaginosis. Accessed December 5, 2023.
Fabre, V. (2023). Bacterial vaginosis. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540051/all/Bacterial_vaginosis
Fabre V. Bacterial Vaginosis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. [cited 2023 December 05]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540051/all/Bacterial_vaginosis.
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