Table 3.
VVS |
Controls |
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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 |
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.