Extended antimicrobial treatment of bacterial vaginosis combined with human lactobacilli to find the best treatment and minimize the risk of relapses

Table 1 Typing of vaginal Lactobacillus isolates^a

Woman ^b	Isolate	species	REP-PCR type	RAPD-PCR type	RAPD-PCR type
				RAPD3	RAPD4
C	4B1, 4R4, 4R5, 4R6, 4M6	L. crispatus	1	I	A
D	5B1, 5B2, 5B3, 5R4, 5R5, 5R6, 5M7, 5M8, 5M9	L. gasseri	2
E	6B1, 6B2, 6B3, 6R4, 6R5, 6R6, 6M9	L. gasseri	3
	6M7, 6M9	L. gasseri	4
F	7B1, 7B2, 7B3, 7R4, 7R5, 7R6, 7M7, 7M8, 7M9	L. gasseri	5
G	8B1, 8B2, 8B3, 8R4, 8R5, 8R6, 8M7, 8M8, 8M9	L. crispatus	6
H	9R4, 9M7, 9M8, 9M9	L. crispatus	7
J	12B1, 12B2, 12B3, 12R4, 12R5, 12R6, 12M7, 12M8, 12M9	L. jenseneii	8
K	13B1, 13B2, 13B3, 13R4, 13R5, 13R6, 13M7, 13M8, 13M9	L. crispatus	9
L	15R4, 15R5, 15R6, 15M7, 15M8, 15M9	L. gasseri	10
M	16B1, 16R5, 16R6	L. gasseri	11
	16B2	L. crispatus	12
N	18B1, 18B2, 18B3, 18R4, 18R5, 18R6, 18M7, 18M8	L. crispatus	13
P	20B31, 20B32, 20B33, 20R34, 20R35, 20R36, 20M39	L. gasseri	14
	20M37, 20M38	L. gasseri	15
Q	21R44, 21R45, 21R46, 21M47, 21M48, 21M49	L. crispatus	1	II	A
R	22B41, 22B42, 22R45, 22M48, 22M49	L. jenseneii	16
S	23B31, 23B32, 23B33, 23R34, 23R35, 23R36, 23M37, 23M38, 23M39	L. crispatus	1	II	B

^a The different REP-PCR types were numbered from 1 to 16. Isolates from women 4, 21 and 23 were further differentiated by RAPD-PCR with primer 3 (type I and II) and RAPD 4 (type A and B).
^b Nomenclature according to Vásquez et al 2002.

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