TABLE 2.

Semiquantification of H₂O₂ production by different vaginal Lactobacillus species obtained from three groups of Brazilian patients^a

Group and Lactobacillus species (no. of isolates tested)b	No. of isolates that produced H2O2 amt (mg/liter):
	None	1-3	3-10	10-30	30-100
Healthy
L. acidophilus (4)	0	0	2	1	1
L. agilis (4)	0	0	2	1	1
L. coleohominis (1)	0	0	1	0	0
L. crispatus (27)	1	0	9	15	2
L. fermentum (1)	0	1	0	0	0
L. gasseri (7)	0	0	3	4	0
L. jensenii (8)	0	0	1	7	0
L. johnsonii (12)	0	0	2	3	7
L. reuteri (0)	0	0	0	0	0
L. rhamnosus (0)	0	0	0	0	0
L. ruminus (1)	0	0	1	0	0
L. salivarius (1)	0	0	0	1	0
VVC
L. acidophilus (1)	0	0	0	0	1
L. agilis (0)	0	0	0	0	0
L. coleohominis (1)	0	0	0	1	0
L. crispatus (28)	0	3	9	9	7
L. fermentum (3)	0	1	1	1	0
L. gasseri (15)	2	0	6	3	4
L. jensenii (17)	0	1	0	6	10
L. johnsonii (6)	0	0	0	2	4
L. reuteri (1)	0	0	1	0	0
L. rhamnosus (1)	0	0	0	0	1
L. ruminus (0)	0	0	0	0	0
L. salivarius (0)	0	0	0	0	0
L. vaginalis (5)	0	0	3	1	1
BV
L. acidophilus (0)	0	0	0	0	0
L. agilis (0)	0	0	0	0	0
L. coleohominis (0)	0	0	0	0	0
L. crispatus (4)	1	3	0	0	0
L. fermentum (1)	0	1	0	0	0
L. gasseri (8)	3	1	3	1	0
L. jensenii (3)	1	0	0	1	1
L. johnsonii (2)	0	0	1	0	1
L. reuteri (2)	1	1	0	0	0
L. rhamnosus (1)	1	0	0	0	0
L. ruminus (0)	0	0	0	0	0
L. salivarius (1)	0	1	0	0	0
L. vaginalis (0)	0	0	0	0	0

^aThere were 64 women in the healthy group, 68 in the VVC group, and 64 in the BV group.

^bValues for healthy women, women diagnosed with VVC, and women diagnosed with BV are plotted in Fig. 1A, B, and C, respectively.