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The significance of Lactobacillus crispatus and L. vaginalis for vaginal health and the negative effect of recent sex: a cross-sectional descriptive study across groups of African women.
Jespers V, van de Wijgert J, Cools P, Verhelst R, Verstraelen H, Delany-Moretlwe S, Mwaura M, Ndayisaba GF, Mandaliya K, Menten J, Hardy L, Crucitti T; Vaginal Biomarkers Study Group. Jespers V, et al. Among authors: verhelst r. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 4;15:115. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-0825-z. BMC Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25879811 Free PMC article.
Correlates of the molecular vaginal microbiota composition of African women.
Gautam R, Borgdorff H, Jespers V, Francis SC, Verhelst R, Mwaura M, Delany-Moretlwe S, Ndayisaba G, Kyongo JK, Hardy L, Menten J, Crucitti T, Tsivtsivadze E, Schuren F, van de Wijgert JH; Vaginal Biomarkers Study Group. Gautam R, et al. Among authors: verhelst r. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 21;15:86. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-0831-1. BMC Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25887567 Free PMC article.
Prevalence and correlates of bacterial vaginosis in different sub-populations of women in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study.
Jespers V, Crucitti T, Menten J, Verhelst R, Mwaura M, Mandaliya K, Ndayisaba GF, Delany-Moretlwe S, Verstraelen H, Hardy L, Buvé A, van de Wijgert J; Vaginal Biomarkers Study Group. Jespers V, et al. Among authors: verhelst r. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 7;9(10):e109670. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109670. eCollection 2014. PLoS One. 2014. PMID: 25289640 Free PMC article.
Evaluation of a new multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay STDFinder for the simultaneous detection of 7 sexually transmitted disease pathogens.
Muvunyi CM, Dhont N, Verhelst R, Crucitti T, Reijans M, Mulders B, Simons G, Temmerman M, Claeys G, Padalko E. Muvunyi CM, et al. Among authors: verhelst r. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 Sep;71(1):29-37. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.06.005. Epub 2011 Jul 27. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011. PMID: 21798683
Comparison between Gram stain and culture for the characterization of vaginal microflora: definition of a distinct grade that resembles grade I microflora and revised categorization of grade I microflora.
Verhelst R, Verstraelen H, Claeys G, Verschraegen G, Van Simaey L, De Ganck C, De Backer E, Temmerman M, Vaneechoutte M. Verhelst R, et al. BMC Microbiol. 2005 Oct 14;5:61. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-61. BMC Microbiol. 2005. PMID: 16225680 Free PMC article.
Microflora of the penile skin-lined neovagina of transsexual women.
Weyers S, Verstraelen H, Gerris J, Monstrey S, Santiago Gdos S, Saerens B, De Backer E, Claeys G, Vaneechoutte M, Verhelst R. Weyers S, et al. Among authors: verhelst r. BMC Microbiol. 2009 May 20;9:102. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-102. BMC Microbiol. 2009. PMID: 19457233 Free PMC article.
Longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microflora in pregnancy suggests that L. crispatus promotes the stability of the normal vaginal microflora and that L. gasseri and/or L. iners are more conducive to the occurrence of abnormal vaginal microflora.
Verstraelen H, Verhelst R, Claeys G, De Backer E, Temmerman M, Vaneechoutte M. Verstraelen H, et al. Among authors: verhelst r. BMC Microbiol. 2009 Jun 2;9:116. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-116. BMC Microbiol. 2009. PMID: 19490622 Free PMC article.
Quantitative determination by real-time PCR of four vaginal Lactobacillus species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae indicates an inverse relationship between L. gasseri and L. iners.
De Backer E, Verhelst R, Verstraelen H, Alqumber MA, Burton JP, Tagg JR, Temmerman M, Vaneechoutte M. De Backer E, et al. Among authors: verhelst r. BMC Microbiol. 2007 Dec 19;7:115. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-115. BMC Microbiol. 2007. PMID: 18093311 Free PMC article.
RESULTS: The 71 vaginal microflora samples of these women were categorized, using the Ison and Hay criteria, as refined by Verhelst et al. (2005), as follows: grade Ia: 8 samples, grade Iab: 10, grade Ib: 13, grade I-like: 10, grade II: 11, grade III: 12 and grade IV: 7.L. …
RESULTS: The 71 vaginal microflora samples of these women were categorized, using the Ison and Hay criteria, as refined by Verhelst e …
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