Detection of Atopobium vaginae in postmenopausal women by cultivation-independent methods warrants further investigation.
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.
Burton
Jeremy P
JP
The Lawson Health Research Institute, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. jeremy.burton@blis.co.nz
Devillard
Estelle
E
Cadieux
Peter A
PA
Hammond
Jo-Anne
JA
Reid
Gregor
G
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*
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S