Quantitative determination by real-time PCR of four vaginal Lactobacillus species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae indicates an inverse relationship between L. gasseri and L. iners

Table 6 Quantitative determination of the six species in the different grades expressed as Median log₁₀ cells/ml (Interquartile Range)

	Grade I	Grade I-like	Grade II	Grade III	Grade IV
A. vaginae	0 (0 – 0)	0 (0 – 4.7)	0 (0 – 0)	9.0 (4.4 – 9.7)	0 (0 – 0)
G. vaginalis	5.1 (0 – 6.0)	5.4 (0 – 5.9)	4.7 (0 – 8.8)	9.2 (8.8 – 10.7)	0 (0 – 4.9)
L. crispatus	8.8 (5.6 – 9.5)	5.5 (2.8 – 6.2)	4.2 (3.6 – 5.1)	5.2 (4.3 – 5.6)	5.1 (4.7 – 5.9)
L. gasseri	6.6 (5.6 – 7.9)	6.4 (0 – 8.3)	8.7 (7.4 – 9.3)	0 (0 – 5.3)	0 (0 – 9.2)
L. iners	6.5 (3.7 – 8.6)	4.3 (3.9 – 4.5)	0 (0 – 3.8)	8.3 (5.6 – 8.7)	4.3 (3.9 – 4.5)
L. jensenii	4.0 (0 – 6.0)	4.3 (0 – 6.3)	4.3 (0 – 7.9)	2.1 (0 – 5.2)	0 (0 – 0)

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