@misc{10481/61782,
year = {2020},
month = {2},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61782},
abstract = {The vaginal microbiota has importance in preserving vaginal health and defending
the host against disease. The advent of new molecular techniques and computer science has
allowed researchers to discover microbial composition in depth and associate the structure of
vaginal microbial communities. There is a consensus that vaginal flora is grouped into a restricted
number of communities, although the structure of the community is constantly changing. Certain
Community-State Types (CSTs) are more associated with poor reproductive outcomes and sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs) meanwhile, CSTs dominated by Lactobacillus species—particularly
Lactobacillus crispatus—are more related to vaginal health. In this work, we have reviewed how
modifiable and non-modifiable factors may affect normal vaginal microbiota homeostasis—including
sexual behavior, race or ethnicity, and hygiene. Special interest has been given to how the use of
probiotics, diet intake, and use of hormone replacement therapies (HRTs) can potentially impact
vaginal microbiota composition.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Vaginal microbiome},
keywords = {Bacterial communities},
keywords = {Vaginal dysbiosis},
keywords = {Bacterial vaginosis},
keywords = {Hormone replacement therapy},
keywords = {Risk factors},
keywords = {Nutrition},
title = {Reviewing the Composition of Vaginal Microbiota: Inclusion of Nutrition and Probiotic Factors in the Maintenance of Eubiosis},
doi = {10.3390/nu12020419},
author = {Barrientos Durán, Antonio and Fuentes López, Ana and Salazar, Adolfo de and Plaza Díaz, Julio and García García, Federico},
}