A subtype of molecular bacterial vaginosis (BV) increases risk for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection among Black and Hispanic adolescents and young women, according to investigators.
This finding adds to a growing body of evidence that the cervicovaginal microbiome (CVM) plays a central role in the natural history of CT infection and should be explored as a therapeutic target, lead author Mykhaylo Usyk, PhD, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, and colleagues reported.
“There are a number of studies that have investigated the characteristics of the CVM and/or BV prior to the development of a CT infection,” the investigators wrote in Cell. “Nevertheless, the temporal relationship and molecular characteristics of the CVM in relation to CT infections are not fully understood, particularly…