Criteria for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis using the test Femoflor-16
- Authors: Nazarova V.V.1, Shipitsyna E.V.1, Gerasimova E.N.1, Savicheva A.M.1
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- FSBSI “The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott”
- Issue: Vol 66, No 4 (2017)
- Pages: 57-67
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/jowd/article/view/6920
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/JOWD66457-67
- ID: 6920
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Abstract
Background. Bacterial vaginosis is disturbance of the balance of the vaginal microflora, associated with a number of infectious diseases of the urogenital tract and adverse pregnancy outcomes. In this country, for the detection of vaginal dysbiotic conditions, the test Femoflor-16 (DNA-Technology, Moscow) is widely used, however interpretation algorithms of this test do not include the category of BV.
Aim. The study aimed to elaborate diagnostic criteria for the detection of BV using Femoflor-16 test.
Materials and methods. Women of reproductive age addressing a gynecologist with vaginal discharge were enrolled in the study. For clinical diagnosis of BV, the Amsel criteria were used, laboratory analysis for BV was performed via microscopic investigation of vaginal discharge using the Nugent score. Samples of vaginal discharge from all women were analyzed with the test Femoflor-16, intended for characterizing vaginal microbiocenosis using multiplex quantitative real-time PCR.
Results. A total of 280 women were included in the study. BV was diagnosed in 86 women (31%) using the Amsel criteria, and in 81 women (29%) using the Nugent score. All groups of anaerobic bacteria included in Femoflor-16 test were shown to be associated with BV, with the exception of bacteria of the genus Mobiluncus, which are detected together with phylogenetically related but not BV-associated bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium. A low amount of lactobacilli (< 10% of total bacterial load) coupled with an elevated amount of Gardnerella vaginalis/Prevotella bivia/Porphyromonas (> 1%) and/or Eubacterium (> 2%) and/or Sneathia/Leptotrichia/Fusobacterium (> 0.1%) and/or Megasphaera/Veillonella/Dialister (> 0.1%) and/or Lachnobacterium/Clostridium (> 0.1%) and/or Peptostreptococcus (> 0.1%) and/or Atopobium vaginae (> 0.2%) detected BV with a sensitivity of 99% and specificity of 93%.
Conclusions. Criteria for BV diagnosis using the test Femoflor-16 have been elaborated, which enable to detect BV or exclude it with a sensitivity of 99% and specificity of 93%. These criteria for BV and criteria of the test manufacturers for severe anaerobic dysbiosis determine to a large extent the same category of the vaginal microbiocenosis.
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Veronika V. Nazarova
FSBSI “The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott”
Author for correspondence.
Email: iagmail@ott.ru
bacteriologist, Laboratory of Microbiology
Russian Federation, 3, Mendeleevskaya line, Saint Petersburg, 199034Elena V. Shipitsyna
FSBSI “The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott”
Email: iagmail@ott.ru
PhD, Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Microbiology
3, Mendeleevskaya line, Saint Petersburg, 199034Ekaterina N. Gerasimova
FSBSI “The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott”
Email: iagmail@ott.ru
Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Microbiology
Russian Federation, 3, Mendeleevskaya line, Saint Petersburg, 199034Alevtina M. Savicheva
FSBSI “The Research Institute of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology named after D.O. Ott”
Email: savitcheva@mail.ru
PhD, MD, Professor, Head of Laboratory of Microbiology
Russian Federation, 3, Mendeleevskaya line, Saint Petersburg, 199034References
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