Barrientos-Durán, AntonioFuentes-López, Anade Salazar, AdolfoPlaza-Díaz, JulioGarcía, Federico2022-04-072022-04-072020-02-06Barrientos-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):419http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3531The 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.enAtribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Vaginal microbiomeBacterial communitiesVaginal dysbiosisBacterial vaginosisRisk factorNutritionProbioticsHormone replacement therapyMicrobiomaDisbiosisVaginaVaginosis bacterianaFactores de riesgoNutriciónMedical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Digestive System and Oral Physiological Phenomena::Digestive System Physiological Phenomena::Digestive System Processes::EatingMedical Subject Headings::Check Tags::FemaleMedical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Physiological Phenomena::Physiological Processes::HomeostasisMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Drug Therapy::Hormone Replacement TherapyMedical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::HumansMedical Subject Headings::Technology and Food and Beverages::Food and Beverages::Food::Dietary Supplements::ProbioticsMedical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation::Quality of Health Care::Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms::Statistics as Topic::Probability::Risk::Risk FactorsMedical Subject Headings::Diseases::Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications::Female Urogenital Diseases::Genital Diseases, Female::Vaginal Diseases::Vaginitis::Vaginosis, BacterialMedical Subject Headings::Diseases::Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms::Pathologic Processes::DysbiosisMedical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Microbiological Phenomena::MicrobiotaMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Nutrition Therapy::Diet Therapyreview article32041107open access10.3390/nu120204192072-6643PMC7071153