Vaginitis in nonpregnant patients: ACOG practice bulletin, number 215. Obstet Gynecol, 2020; 135:e1–e17.
2.
Mendes-SoaresH, KrishnanV, SettlesML, RavelJ, BrownCJ, ForneyLJ. Fine-scale analysis of 16S rRNA sequences reveals a high level of taxonomic diversity among vaginal Atopobium spp. Pathog Dis, 2015; 73:pii:ftv020.
3.
FettweisJM, BrooksJP, SerranoMG, et al.Differences in vaginal microbiome in African American women versus women of European ancestry. Microbiology, 2014; 160:2272–2282.
4.
ReidG. The need to focus on therapy instead of associations. Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2019; 9:327.
5.
RavelJ, GajerP, AbdoZ, et al.Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2011; 108(Suppl. 1):4680–4687.
6.
MacIntyreDA, ChandiramaniM, LeeYS, et al.The vaginal microbiome during pregnancy and the postpartum period in a European population. Sci Rep, 2015; 5:1–9.
7.
GajerP, BrotmanRM, BaiG, et al.Temporal dynamics of the human vaginal microbiota. Sci Transl Med, 2012; 4:132ra52.
8.
BrooksJP, BuckGA, ChenG, et al.Changes in vaginal community state types reflect major shifts in the microbiome. Microb Ecol Health Dis, 2017; 28:1303265.
9.
RomeroR, HassanSS, GajerP, et al.The composition and stability of the vaginal microbiota of normal pregnant women is different from that of non-pregnant women. Microbiome, 2014; 2:4.
10.
WellsJS, ChandlerR, DunnA, BrewsterG. The vaginal microbiome in U.S. Black women: A systematic review. J Women's Health, 2020; 29:362–375.
CallahanBJ, DiGiulioDB, GoltsmanDSA, et al.Replication and refinement of a vaginal microbial signature of preterm birth in two racially distinct cohorts of US women. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017; 114:9966–9971.
13.
SerranoMG, ParikhHI, BrooksJP, et al.Racioethnic diversity in the dynamics of the vaginal microbiome during pregnancy. Nat Med, 2019; 25:1001–1011.
14.
JanulaitieneM, PaliulyteV, GrincevicieneS, et al.Prevalence and distribution of Gardnerella vaginalis subgroups in women with and without bacterial vaginosis. BMC Infect Dis, 2017; 17:394.