15: Gardnerella vaginalis and spontaneous preterm birth: New insights

High Atopobium vaginae and Gardnerella vaginalis vaginal loads are associated with preterm birth.

BACKGROUND Bacterial vaginosis is a risk factor for preterm birth. The various conventional methods for its diagnosis are laborious and not easily reproducible. Molecular quantification methods have been reported recently, but the specific risk factors they might identify remain unclear. METHODS A prospective multicenter national study included pregnant women at risk of preterm birth. A quant...

Biotypes of Gardnerella vaginalis.

A simple and reproducible scheme for identifying biotypes of Gardnerella vaginalis has been developed, based on reactions for lipase, hippurate hydrolysis, and beta-galactosidase. Among a total of 359 strains tested, eight biotypes were observed, the most common ones being types 1 (beta-galactosidase positive, lipase positive, hippurate positive), 2 (beta-galactosidase negative, lipase positive...

A New Aspect of Neonatal Infection to Gardnerella vaginalis

A dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy was obtained by in vitro fertilization, in a 31 year old primigravida, with a history of endometriosis and antiphospholipid syndrome, revealed by several thrombo-embolic events on treatment by low-molecularweight heparin. The pregnancy was complicated by threatened preterm labor at 29 and 32 weeks’ gestation and was hospitalised for tocolytic (atosiban) a...

[Sexual transmission of Gardnerella vaginalis].

Male carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis.

The prevalence of Gardnerella vaginalis in the urethra of 430 men attending a clinic for sexually transmitted disease was 11·4%; it was significantly higher in heterosexuals (14·5%) than in homosexuals (4·5%). There was no evidence of rectal or subpreputial carriage of G vaginalis, and urethral carriage was not associated with symptoms of urethritis.