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ReviewInfection and immunity2026

The role of probiotics in restoring and maintaining vaginal microbiome health: a review.

Binaya Krushna Sahu, Sujogya Kumar Panda, Utkalika Mallick, Smita Hasini Panda, Mahesh Chandra Sahu

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Review in Infection and immunity, 2026. 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

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Molecular mechanisms, pathogenesis and therapeutic advances ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Binaya Krushna Sahu *Centre for Biotechnology, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.ORCID 0009-0005-2924-5516
Sujogya Kumar Panda *Centre for Biotechnology, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3123-1218
Utkalika MallickCentre for Biotechnology, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Smita Hasini PandaDepartment of Microbiology, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha, India.
Mahesh Chandra SahuMicrobiology Division, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3736-2294

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vaginal microbiome is an important aspect of female reproductive health. The dominant microbial species of this ecosystem,

Indexed as

MicrobiotaProbioticsVaginaCandidiasis, VulvovaginalFemaleHumansLactobacillusPregnancyUrinary Tract InfectionsVaginosis, BacterialBifidobacteriumBVgestational diabetesLactobacilluspreterm laborreproductive healthUTIsVVC

Identifiers

PMID42360164
PMCPMC13460080

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