title: Bacterial species colonizing the vagina of healthy women are not associated with race.
abstract: The vaginal microbiota of 36 white versus 25 black asymptomatic women were compared using both cultivation-dependent and -independent identification. Significant differences by race were found in colonization and density of bacterial species. However, exclusion of 12 women with bacterial vaginosis by Nugent criteria resulted in no significant differences by race.
authors.affiliation: Magee-Womens Research Institute, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: mbeamer@mwri.magee.edu.
authors.forename: May A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Beamer
authors.affiliation: Magee-Womens Research Institute, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Michele N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.affiliation: Magee-Womens Research Institute, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Hilary A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Avolia
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Meyn
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bunge
authors.affiliation: Magee-Womens Research Institute, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; University of Pittsburgh Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hillier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Asymptomatic BV; Race comparisons; Vaginal microbiota