Concepedia

Prevalence of vaginolysin, sialidase and phospholipase genes in Gardnerella vaginalis isolates between bacterial vaginosis and healthy individuals

Rokhsareh Mohammadzadeh, Behrooz Sadeghi Kalani, Maryam Kashanian, Mojgan Oshaghi, Nour Amirmozafari

Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2019 · 10 citations · 9 references

DOIFull text

Open access

Concepts

Abstract

Gardnerella vaginalis is prevalently found in bacterial vaginosis causing several outcomes including infertility, preterm birth, and low birth. The pathogenicity of this microorganism has been attributed to several virulence factors.

References

9

Reliability of diagnosing bacterial vaginosis is improved by a standardized method of gram stain interpretation

Rachel Nugent, Marijane A. Krohn, Sharon L. Hillier · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1991 · 3.3K citations · Full text

, , +13

Bacterial Communities in Women with Bacterial Vaginosis: High Resolution Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Relationships of Microbiota to Clinical Criteria

Sujatha Srinivasan, Noah G. Hoffman, Martin Morgan et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 685 citations · Full text

, , +17

Analysis of adherence, biofilm formation and cytotoxicity suggests a greater virulence potential of Gardnerella vaginalis relative to other bacterial-vaginosis-associated anaerobes

Jennifer Patterson, Annica Stull-Lane, Philippe H. Girerd et al. · Microbiology · 2009 · 248 citations · Full text

, , +13

Drawing the line between commensal and pathogenic Gardnerella vaginalis through genome analysis and virulence studies

Michael Harwich, João M. P. Alves, Gregory A. Buck et al. · BMC Genomics · 2010 · 166 citations · Full text

, , +16

Using an in-vitro biofilm model to assess the virulence potential of Bacterial Vaginosis or non-Bacterial Vaginosis Gardnerella vaginalis isolates

Joana Castro, Patrícia Maria Alves, Cármen Sousa et al. · Scientific Reports · 2015 · 141 citations · Full text

, , +17