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ArticleMicroorganisms2022

Vaginal Leptothrix: An Innocent Bystander?

Pedro Vieira-Baptista, Joana Lima-Silva, Mario Preti, Carlos Sousa, Fernanda Caiano, Colleen K Stockdale, Jacob Bornstein

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Article in Microorganisms, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Pedro Vieira-BaptistaHospital Lusíadas Porto, 4050-115 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5335-6770
Joana Lima-SilvaHospital Lusíadas Porto, 4050-115 Porto, Portugal.
Mario PretiDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, 10124 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1573-3114
Carlos SousaUnilabs, 4150-178 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0708-6874
Fernanda CaianoHospital Lusíadas Porto, 4050-115 Porto, Portugal.
Colleen K StockdaleDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Iowa Healthcare, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0074-3261
Jacob BornsteinGalilee Medical Center, and Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed 1311502, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-1932-5270
Hospital de São João · PTBar-Ilan University · ILLusíada University of Porto · PTUniversity of Iowa Health Care · USUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptothrix are long bacteria of rare occurrence; although these bacteria have been implicated in causing vaginal symptoms identical to candidiasis, studies on prevalence and effect on overall vaginal health are lacking. In this study, we evaluated data of women referred to a private clinic for treating vulvovaginal symptoms (n = 1847) and reassessed data of our previous and ongoing studies (n = 1773). The overall rate of leptothrix was 2.8% (102/3620), and the mean age of affected women was 38.8 ± 10.65 years (range 18-76). The majority of the women with leptothrix had normal vaginal flora (63.7% [65/102]). Leptothrix was associated with a higher risk of candidiasis (relative risk (RR) 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1600-3.1013;

Indexed as

candidiasisdysbiosislactobacillosisleptothrixvaginal florawet mount microscopy

Identifiers

PMID36014063
PMCPMC9415594
OpenAlexW4292073240

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