RT Journal Article
T1 Reviewing the Composition of Vaginal Microbiota: Inclusion of Nutrition and Probiotic Factors in the Maintenance of Eubiosis
A1 Barrientos-Durán, Antonio
A1 Fuentes-López, Ana
A1 de Salazar, Adolfo
A1 Plaza-Díaz, Julio
A1 García, Federico
K1 Vaginal microbiome
K1 Bacterial communities
K1 Vaginal dysbiosis
K1 Bacterial vaginosis
K1 Risk factor
K1 Nutrition
K1 Probiotics
K1 Hormone replacement therapy
K1 Microbioma
K1 Disbiosis
K1 Vagina
K1 Vaginosis bacteriana
K1 Factores de riesgo
K1 Nutrición
AB The vaginal microbiota has importance in preserving vaginal health and defending the host against disease. The advent of new molecular techniques and computer science has allowed researchers to discover microbial composition in depth and associate the structure of vaginal microbial communities. There is a consensus that vaginal flora is grouped into a restricted number of communities, although the structure of the community is constantly changing. Certain Community-Sate Types (CSTs) are more associated with poor reproductive outcomes and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) meanwhile, CSTs dominated by Lactobacillus species-particularly Lactobacillus crispatus-are more related to vaginal health. In this work, we have reviewed how modifiable and non-modifiable factors may affect normal vaginal microbiota homeostasis-including sexual behavior, race or ethnicity, and hygiene. Special interest has been given to how the use of probiotics, diet intake, and use of hormone replacement therapies (HRTs) can potentially impact vaginal microbiota composition.
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020-02-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3531
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3531
LA en
NO Barrientos-Durán A, Fuentes-López A, de Salazar A, Plaza-Díaz J, García F. Reviewing the Composition of Vaginal Microbiota: Inclusion of Nutrition and Probiotic Factors in the Maintenance of Eubiosis. Nutrients. 2020 Feb 6;12(2):419
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RD Apr 18, 2025