Table 1 Patient characteristics and STI status of 20 women with BV and 20 women without BV, as diagnosed by the STI outpatient clinic Public Health Service Amsterdam, in June and July 2012
From: Molecular assessment of bacterial vaginosis by Lactobacillus abundance and species diversity
|  | BV-negative women n = 20 (% of BV-negative women) | BV-positive women n = 20 (% of BV-positive women) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Inclusion criteria | Â | Â | |
 Referred by physician or notified by sexual partner | 4 (20 %) | 4 (20 %) | |
 Vaginal complaints | 16 (80 %) | 20 (100 %) | |
Patient characteristics | Â | Â | |
 Median age (years) (IQR) | 23 (22–25) | 22.5 (21–27) | |
 Any STI | 3 (15 %) | 7 (35 %) | |
 Chlamydia | 2 (10 %) | 5 (25 %) | |
 Herpes | Type 1 | 1 (5 %) | 0 |
Type 2 | 0 | 0 | |
 Condyloma | 1 (5 %) | 1 (5 %) | |
 Trichomoniasis | 0 | 1 (5 %) | |
 HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Hepatitis B, Moluscum Contagiosum, Scabies, Ulcus, PID | All negative | ||