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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pathog Dis. 2014 Jul 10;72(3):161–166. doi: 10.1111/2049-632X.12197

Table 3.

Lactobacillus species in the vagina and vestibule from women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome and control women.

VVS
 Controls
Species % positive % dominant % positive % dominant
Vagina
      L. crispatus 40.0 30.0 60.0 53.3
      L. iners 43.3 33.3 33.3 13.3
      L. gasseri 26.7 6.7 0.0 0.0
      L. jensenii 26.7 6.7 26.7 0.0
Vestibule
      L. crispatus 43.3 30.0 73.3 53.3
      L. iners 50.0 33.3 33.3 6.7
      L. gasseri 36.7 3.3 0.0 0.0
      L. jensenii 26.7 6.7 46.7 0.0
      L. coleohominis 10.0 0.0 13.3 0.0
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Samples obtained from the vagina and vestibule from 30 women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome and 15 control women were analyzed for Lactobacillus species by amplification and analysis of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. “Dominant” was defined as any bacterial genus that constituted > 25% of a community.