Relationship between nugent score and vaginal epithelial exfoliation.
Courtney P AmegashieNicole M GilbertJeffrey F PeipertJenifer E AllsworthWarren G LewisAmanda L LewisPublished in: PloS one (2017)
A vaginal epithelial exfoliation phenotype was measured in both Nugent-defined BV-positive and BV-intermediate women. Bacterial vaginosis and intermediate status (Nugent score >3) was associated with significantly more vaginal epithelial exfoliation compared to women with Lactobacillus-dominated microbiotas (Nugent 0-3).