ABSTRACT
The present study was conducted to correlate the biotypes of Gardnerella vaginalis strains isolated from cases of bacterial vaginosis and their virulence factors. Thirty-two strains of G. vaginalis isolated from cases of bacterial vaginosis were biotyped. Adherence to vaginal epithelial cells, biofilm production, surface hydrophobicity, phospholipase C and protease activity were tested on these isolates. Biotype 1 was the most prevalent (8; 25%), followed by biotype 2 (7; 21.9%) and biotypes 5 and 8 (5; 15.6%). We did not find any statistical correlation between G. vaginalis biotypes and its virulence factors. Virulence factors expressed by G. vaginalis were not associated with a single biotype.
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Adult , Bacterial Adhesion , Bacterial Typing Techniques , Biofilms/growth & development , Epithelial Cells/microbiology , Female , Gardnerella vaginalis/chemistry , Gardnerella vaginalis/classification , Gardnerella vaginalis/isolation & purification , Gardnerella vaginalis/pathogenicity , Humans , Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions , Peptide Hydrolases/metabolism , Type C Phospholipases/metabolism , Vaginosis, Bacterial/microbiology , Virulence Factors/geneticsABSTRACT
Se determinaron los biotipos y susceptibilidad a ampicilina, clindamicina, eritromicina, ciprofloxacina y tetraciclina de 63 cepas de Gardnerella vaginalis aisladas de pacientes con vaginosis bacteriana. Las cepas se distribuyeron en los 8 biotipos del esquema de clasificación de Piot, siendo los biotipos 1 y 2 los más frecuentes (44,4 por ciento). Todas las cepas fueron susceptibles a ampicilina y resistentes a ciprofloxacina. Cuatro cepas (6,4 por ciento) presentaron resistencia a clindamicina y dos (3,2 por ciento) a eritromicina. Treinta y una cepas (49,2 por ciento) fueron resistentes a tetraciclina. Se estudió la base genética de la resistencia a tetraciclina en ocho cepas resistentes, demostrándose la presencia del determinante tet (M) en todas ellas.
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Female , Humans , Bacterial Typing Techniques , Gardnerella vaginalis/isolation & purification , Gardnerella vaginalis/classification , Gardnerella vaginalis , Vaginosis, Bacterial/microbiology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Microbial , Microbial Sensitivity TestsABSTRACT
The incidence and prevalent biotypes of G. vaginalis in patients with non-specific vaginitis from Bombay, was studied. Of 300 patients screened, 105 were diagnosed to have nonspecific vaginitis (NSV). G. vaginalis was isolated from 71 per cent patients with NSV; 34.6 and 29.3 per cent G. vaginalis were belonging to biotypes 5 and 1 respectively. In 55 per cent patient, G. vaginalis was associated with anaerobes. None of the isolated strains of G. vaginalis was sensitive to 5 micrograms metronidazole disc whereas 93 per cent of the strains were sensitive to 50 micrograms metronidazole disc.