title: Association between BVAB1 and high Nugent scores among women with bacterial vaginosis.
abstract: As part of a larger study using 454 pyrosequencing to investigate the vaginal microbiota of women with bacterial vaginosis (BV), we found an association between a novel BV-associated bacterium (BVAB1) and high Nugent scores and propose that BVAB1 is the curved Gram-negative rod traditionally identified as Mobiluncus spp. in vaginal Gram stains.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Christina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Muzny
authors.affiliation: Center of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Imran R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Sunesara
authors.affiliation: Center of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Griswold
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Ranjit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Elliot J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lefkowitz
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Leandro A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mena
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Jane R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schwebke
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA. Electronic address: edswiatlo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Swiatlo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D017904:Mobiluncus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
keywords: BVAB1; Bacterial vaginosis; Mobiluncus; Nugent score