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J Udayalaxmi1, G K Bhat, S Kotigadde.
Abstract
The present study was conducted to correlate the biotypes of Gardnerella vaginalis strains isolated from cases of bacterial vaginosis and their virulence factors. Thirty-two strains of G. vaginalis isolated from cases of bacterial vaginosis were biotyped. Adherence to vaginal epithelial cells, biofilm production, surface hydrophobicity, phospholipase C and protease activity were tested on these isolates. Biotype 1 was the most prevalent (8; 25%), followed by biotype 2 (7; 21.9%) and biotypes 5 and 8 (5; 15.6%). We did not find any statistical correlation between G. vaginalis biotypes and its virulence factors. Virulence factors expressed by G. vaginalis were not associated with a single biotype.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21654113 DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.81798
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Med Microbiol ISSN: 0255-0857 Impact factor: 0.985