title: Detection of Atopobium vaginae in postmenopausal women by cultivation-independent methods warrants further investigation.
abstract: We sequenced 16S rRNA genes from the vaginal swab contents of a postmenopausal woman with asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis (BV). Sequences from Atopobium vaginae were the most commonly detected. In a survey of 35 other postmenopausal women, this organism was detected in 44% with BV but not in any subjects deemed healthy.
authors.affiliation: The Lawson Health Research Institute, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. jeremy.burton@blis.co.nz
authors.forename: Jeremy P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Devillard
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cadieux
authors.forename: Jo-Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017698:Postmenopause; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S