Vaginosis, Bacterial

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Polymicrobial, nonspecific vaginitis associated with positive cultures of Gardnerella vaginalis and other anaerobic organisms and a decrease in lactobacilli. It remains unclear whether the initial pathogenic event is caused by the growth of anaerobes or a primary decrease in lactobacilli.

Descriptor ID	D016585
MeSH Number(s)	C01.252.954 C13.351.500.894.906.800
Concept/Terms	Vaginosis, Bacterial Vaginosis, Bacterial Bacterial Vaginitides Vaginitides, Bacterial Vaginitis, Bacterial Bacterial Vaginoses Vaginoses, Bacterial Bacterial Vaginosis Bacterial Vaginitis Vaginitis, Nonspecific Nonspecific Vaginitis

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Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Bacterial Infections [C01.252]
Vaginosis, Bacterial [C01.252.954]
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications [C13]
Female Urogenital Diseases [C13.351]
Genital Diseases, Female [C13.351.500]
Vaginal Diseases [C13.351.500.894]
Vaginitis [C13.351.500.894.906]
Vaginosis, Bacterial [C13.351.500.894.906.800]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	2	0	2
2005	2	1	3
2006	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2023	1	0	1
2025	0	1	1

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Usyk M, Carlson L, Schlecht NF, Sollecito CC, Grassi E, Wiek F, Viswanathan S, Strickler HD, Nucci-Sack A, Diaz A, Burk RD. Cervicovaginal microbiome and natural history of Chlamydia trachomatis in adolescents and young women. Cell. 2025 Feb 20; 188(4):1051-1061.e12.

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Morrill SR, Saha S, Varki AP, Lewis WG, Ram S, Lewis AL. Gardnerella Vaginolysin Potentiates Glycan Molecular Mimicry by Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Infect Dis. 2023 11 28; 228(11):1610-1620.

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Usyk M, Schlecht NF, Pickering S, Williams L, Sollecito CC, Gradissimo A, Porras C, Safaeian M, Pinto L, Herrero R, Strickler HD, Viswanathan S, Nucci-Sack A, Diaz A, Burk RD. molBV reveals immune landscape of bacterial vaginosis and predicts human papillomavirus infection natural history. Nat Commun. 2022 01 11; 13(1):233.

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Owens DK, Davidson KW, Krist AH, Barry MJ, Cabana M, Caughey AB, Donahue K, Doubeni CA, Epling JW, Kubik M, Ogedegbe G, Pbert L, Silverstein M, Simon MA, Tseng CW, Wong JB. Screening for Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnant Persons to Prevent Preterm Delivery: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. 2020 04 07; 323(13):1286-1292.

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Rivers CA, Adaramola OO, Schwebke JR. Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis mixed infection in a southeastern american STD clinic. Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Jul; 38(7):672-4.

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Peipert JF, Lapane KL, Allsworth JE, Redding CA, Blume JD, Stein MD. Bacterial vaginosis, race, and sexually transmitted infections: does race modify the association? Sex Transm Dis. 2008 Apr; 35(4):363-7.

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Ness RB, Kip KE, Soper DE, Stamm CA, Rice P, Richter HE. Variability of bacterial vaginosis over 6- to 12-month intervals. Sex Transm Dis. 2006 Jun; 33(6):381-5.

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Ness RB, Kip KE, Hillier SL, Soper DE, Stamm CA, Sweet RL, Rice P, Richter HE. A cluster analysis of bacterial vaginosis-associated microflora and pelvic inflammatory disease. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Sep 15; 162(6):585-90.

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Ness RB, Kip KE, Soper DE, Hillier S, Stamm CA, Sweet RL, Rice P, Richter HE. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and the risk of incident gonococcal or chlamydial genital infection in a predominantly black population. Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Jul; 32(7):413-7.

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Gutman RE, Peipert JF, Weitzen S, Blume J. Evaluation of clinical methods for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis. Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Mar; 105(3):551-6.

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