Table 1 Characteristics of participants included in this study.

From: Characterization of vaginal prokaryotes and eukaryotes microbiota and its link to sexually transmitted infections

 

Normal microbiota

Altered microbiota

Control cohort

Pathogenic cohort

Dysbiosis cohort

Number of participants

16

16

16

Average age

36 years

33 years

39 years

VIH + 

0

7 participants

0

Candida + 

0

3 participants

10 participants

G. vaginalis + 

0

12 participants

0

T. vaginalis + 

0

8 participants

0

VDRL reactive

0

3 participants

4 participants

C. trachomatis + 

0

2 participants

0

N. gonorrhoeae + 

0

1 participant

0

16S Shannon index mean (SD)1

6.62

7.25

6.79

(1.19)

(1.01)

(1.27)

18S Shannon index mean (SD)1

2.08

1.91

2.12

(0.60)

(0.70)

(0.53)

  1. 1SD: Standard Deviation.
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