Gardnerella vaginalis enhances Atopobium vaginae viability in an in vitro Model

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection among women of reproductive age. A hallmark of BV is the presence of a highly structured polymicrobial biofilm on the vaginal epithelium, presumably initiated by facultative anaerobes of the genus Gardnerella, which then becomes a scaffol...

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Main Author: Castro, Joana Isabel Reis (author)
Other Authors: Rosca, Aliona (author), Cools, Piet (author), Vaneechoutte, Mario (author), Cerca, Nuno (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/64207
Country:Portugal
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