Table 4. Presence of A. vaginae and G. vaginalis, as assessed by FISH, in relation to A. vaginae and G. vaginalis loads as determined by qPCR for 119 vaginal samples.
| Total | G. vaginalis count 0 | G. vaginalis count <106 geq/ml | G. vaginalis count >106 geq/ml | A. vaginae count 0 | A. vaginae count <106 geq/ml | A. vaginae count >106 geq/ml | A. vaginae mean log | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detected by PNA FISH | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | geq/ml | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | geq/ml | |
| A. vaginae | |||||||||
| Absent | 66 | 20 (30.3%) | 13 (19.7%) | 33 (50.0%) | 4.87 | 42 (63.64%) | 7 (10.61%) | 17 (25.76%) | 2.55 |
| Dispersed only | 27 | 3 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 24 (88.9%) | 6.82 | 3 (11.11%) | 4 (14.81%) | 20 (74.07%) | 6.21 |
| Biofilm 1 | 26 | 1 (3.9%) | 1 (11.8%) | 24 (92.3%) | 7.50 | 2 (7.69%) | 0 (0%) | 24 (92.31%) | 7.66 |
| G. vaginalis | |||||||||
| Absent | 30 | 17 (56.7%) | 6 (20.0%) | 7 (23.3%) | 2.57 | 24 (80.00%) | 3 (10.00%) | 3 (10.10%) | 1.05 |
| Dispersed only | 31 | 2 (6.5%) | 6 (19.4%) | 23 (74.2%) | 6.68 | 13 (41.94%) | 5 (16.13%) | 13 (41.94%) | 3.97 |
| Biofilm | 58 | 5 (8.6%) | 2 (3.5%) | 51 (87.9%) | 7.18 | 10 (17.24%) | 3 (5.17%) | 45 (77.59%) | 6.55 |
1 A. vaginae biofilm = polymicrobial biofilm consisting of A. vaginae and G. vaginalis; No slides had A. vaginae biofilm only.