Table 2

Amplification results with A. vaginae and G. vaginalis specific primers obtained for 150 vaginal samples of different grades

Grade

n

A+^a

G_OY+/G_Z+

A+

G_OY-/G_Z-

A-

G_OY+/G_Z+

A-

G_OY-/G_Z-

I

112

2/11

20/11

3/21

87/69

II

26

3/4

6/5

5/9

12/8

III

9

7/7

0/0

0/1

2/1

IV

3

0/0

0/0

0/1

3/2

total

150

12/22

26/16

8/32

104/80

^a A: A. vaginae amplified with ato167f, G_OY: G. vaginalis amplified with Obata-Yasuoka primer set [25], G_Z: G. vaginalis amplified with Zariffard primer set [26].

Verhelst et al. BMC Microbiology 2004 4:16   doi:10.1186/1471-2180-4-16