Associations of vaginal carriage of bacterial taxa with common vaginal infections.

Bootstrap (n = 1,000) samples were selected from the outpatient clinic population to reflect the outpatient community composition. Median relative risk and 95% bootstrap confidence intervals are shown. A bacterial taxon was considered present in the mid-vaginal sample if at least 0.1% of the metagenomic 16S rRNA gene microbiome profile reads classified to the taxon. Vaginal infection was determined by clinical diagnosis using Amsel’s criteria for BV. *For at least 2.5% of the bootstrap samples, all subjects with a trichomoniasis diagnosis were positive for G. vaginalis. Associations of vaginal carriage of bacterial taxa with common vaginal infections.