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Sexually Transmitted Diseases May 2020In a vaginal 16S ribosomal RNA gene quantitative PCR study of 17 pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) cases and 17 controls who tested positive for Chlamydia trachomatis,...
In a vaginal 16S ribosomal RNA gene quantitative PCR study of 17 pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) cases and 17 controls who tested positive for Chlamydia trachomatis, women who additionally tested positive for Atopobium vaginae, Sneathia spp., Megasphaera spp., Eggerthella-like bacterium or Prevotella amnii were more likely to develop PID.
Topics: Actinobacteria; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteria; Case-Control Studies; DNA, Bacterial; DNA, Ribosomal; Female; Humans; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevotella; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Vagina; Vaginosis, Bacterial
PubMed: 32149953
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001164