Relationship of selected bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria to Nugent score bacterial vaginosis among urban women early in pregnancy.
Among urban, primarily African American pregnant women, 74% were identified with Nugent score bacterial vaginosis (BV). All BV-associated bacteria were more prevalent among women with Nugent score BV. Bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria 3 (BVAB3) had the highest positive predictive value, whereas Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium spp. had the highest sensitivity. Atopobium spp. levels had the most significant area under the curve.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. dnelson@temple.edu
Deborah B
DB
Nelson
Eugene
E
Komaroff
Irving
I
Nachamkin
Catherine L
CL
Haggerty
LaVette
L
Dibble
Dimitrios
D
Mastrogiannis
Congzhou
C
Liu
David N
DN
Fredricks
Fredricks N
FN
David
D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019540:Area Under Curve; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006194:Gardnerella vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014505:Urban Population; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*