Streptococcus group B--association with Aerobic vaginitis and ability to human cell lines activation
Romanik, Młgorzata.; Kafel, J.; Lagergård, T.; Martirosian, G.
Medycyna Doswiadczalna i Mikrobiologia 59(2): 85-91
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8601 PMID: 17929406 Document Number: 606642
The aim of this study was to estimate: the frequency of aerobic vaginitis, susceptibility of the GBS isolated from vagina of non-pregnant women with and without cervicitis to selected antibiotics and chemotherapeutics and the proinflammatory cytokines production by HeLa, THP-I, U - 937 cells after stimulation by vaginal GBS. Our results indicated low frequency of the aerobic vaginitis -4.5% among non-pregnant young women and ability of the vaginal GBS to release proinflammatory cytokines by human cell lines in vitro.