Investigating Bacterial Vaginosis Pathogenesis Using Peptide Nucleic Acid-Fluorescence <i>In Situ</i> Hybridization With a Focus on the Roles of <i>Gardnerella</i> Species, <i>Prevotella bivia</i>, and <i>Fannyhessea vaginae</i>
These data suggest that <i>Gardnerella</i> spp. are early colonizers of the BV biofilm while <i>F. vaginae</i> is a secondary colonizer. <i>P. bivia</i> was not found to be significantly different between iBV case and control specimens.
Authors
- Melissa M. Herbst‐Kralovetz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8540-5917)
- Kristal J. Aaron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9285-7321)
- Ashleigh N. Riegler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7939-6121)
- Lúcia G. V. Sousa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7323-4025)
- Sheridan D. George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7420-9753)
- Jacob H. Elnaggar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4696-6842)
- Christina A. Muzny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4005-3858)
- John W. Lammons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8892-4576)
- Sixto M. Leal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6939-9572)
- Paweł Łaniewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5190-2173)
- Megan H. Amerson-Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1545-7826)
- Chaoling Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9739-3976)
- Nuno Cerca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3365-3537)
- Ashutosh Tamhane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4475-2760)
- Tyler M Carter
- Jiaying Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1695-3696)
- Keonte J. Graves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8646-3801)
- Christopher M. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7983-5275)
- Alexa H Rinehart
Institutions
- University of Phoenix (US)
- University of New Orleans (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama (US)
- Phoenix College (US)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (US)
- University of Minho (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf556
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.55