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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1829-1831, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1829-1831.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection of Atopobium vaginae in Postmenopausal Women by Cultivation-Independent Methods Warrants Further Investigation

Jeremy P. Burton,1,2* Estelle Devillard,1,2 Peter A. Cadieux,2 Jo-Anne Hammond,3 and Gregor Reid1,2,4

The Lawson Health Research Institute,1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology,2 Department of Family Medicine,3 Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada4

Received 9 October 2003/ Returned for modification 30 December 2003/ Accepted 6 January 2004

We sequenced 16S rRNA genes from the vaginal swab contents of a postmenopausal woman with asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis (BV). Sequences from Atopobium vaginae were the most commonly detected. In a survey of 35 other postmenopausal women, this organism was detected in 44% with BV but not in any subjects deemed healthy.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre for Innovation, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand. Phone: 64 3 479 3061. Fax: 64 3 479 8954. E-mail: jeremy.burton{at}blis.co.nz.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1829-1831, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1829-1831.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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