Association of Atopobium vaginae, a recently described metronidazole resistant anaerobe, with bacterial vaginosis

Michael J Ferris^1,2,6 , Alicia Masztal² , Kenneth E Aldridge³ , J Dennis Fortenberry⁵ , Paul L Fidel Jr⁶ and David H Martin⁴

¹  Dept. of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

²  Research and Education Bldg., The Research Institute for Children, 200 Henry Clay Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA

³  Dept. of Infectious Disease, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1542 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA

⁴  Dept. of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

⁵  Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Section of Adolescent Medicine, 575 N West St., Room 070, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

⁶  Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA