@article{0bf4503568a5493cae1d70e1ac70f454,
title = "Association between BVAB1 and high Nugent scores among women with bacterial vaginosis",
abstract = "As part of a larger study using 454 pyrosequencing to investigate the vaginal microbiota of women with bacterial vaginosis (BV), we found an association between a novel BV-associated bacterium (BVAB1) and high Nugent scores and propose that BVAB1 is the curved Gram-negative rod traditionally identified as Mobiluncus spp. in vaginal Gram stains.",
keywords = "BVAB1, Bacterial vaginosis, Mobiluncus, Nugent score",
author = "Muzny, {Christina A.} and Sunesara, {Imran R.} and Griswold, {Michael E.} and Ranjit Kumar and Lefkowitz, {Elliot J.} and Mena, {Leandro A.} and Schwebke, {Jane R.} and Martin, {David H.} and Edwin Swiatlo",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Heather King, Julia Siren, Tina Barnes, Tim Brown, Haitham Bhagdady, and the MSDH STD Clinic nursing staff for their assistance in recruiting and enrolling patients whose stored vaginal swab specimens were used in this study. In addition, the authors would like to acknowledge the support and assistance of Mary Jane Burton, MD. Bioinformatics support was made possible by the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science Grant Number UL1TR000165 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and the National Center for Research Resources component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The contents of this manuscript are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2014",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.09.008",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "80",
pages = "321--323",
journal = "Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease",
issn = "0732-8893",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "4",
}