In the last decade, the microbiota, ie, combined populations of microorganisms living inside
and on the surface of the human body, has increasingly attracted attention of researchers in …

<p id="p001">Mucocutaneous fungal infections are typically found in patients who have no
known immune defects. We describe a family in which four women who were affected by …

Background: Previous studies have described the association between dysbiosis of the vaginal
microbiota (VMB) and related dysbiotic conditions, such as bacterial vaginosis (BV) and …

Background Cost-effectiveness analyses of screening programmes for asymptomatic Chlamydia
trachomatis infection suggest that screening at low prevalences in the population is cost…

Chlamydia trachomatis is responsible for both trachoma and sexually transmitted infections,
causing substantial morbidity and economic cost globally. Despite this, our knowledge of its …

The natural course of asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women was studied
during one year in a cohort based nested case-control study. Healthy women (n = 744, from …

Background . Recently, outbreaks of anorectal lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) have
occurred among men who have sex with men (MSM). This study identifies risk factors and …

Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 is an important pattern recognition receptor for Candida albicans,
playing a role in innate host defense. We investigated whether there is an association …

STUDY QUESTION Is the presence or absence of certain vaginal bacteria associated with
failure or success to become pregnant after an in vitro fertilization (IVF) or IVF with …

Background The obligate intracellular growing bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis causes
diseases like trachoma, urogenital infection and lymphogranuloma venereum with severe …