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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2011 Dec 5;38(1):77–83. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01697.x

Figure 1. Pathologic flora is highly persistent among HSV-2 seropositive women diagnosed with asymptomatic BV.

Figure 1

Each bar represents the percentage of vaginal Gram stain smears from individual study participants prior to initiating a 7-day course of oral metronidazole at study mid-point that possessed a Nugent score consistent with BV. Average number of daily specimens collected prior to antimicrobial therapy was 33.4 (range 32–39) (n=10).