Lactobacillus jensenii VPro 32 and Reduced Risk of Gonorrhea Infection

• Lactobacillus jensenii Surface-Associated Proteins Inhibit Neisseria gonorrhoeae Adherence to Epithelial Cells

  • 2010-07
  • Infection and Immunity 78(7)
  • • R. Spurbeck
    • C. Arvidson

  • PubMed: 20385752
  • DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01200-09

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Risk of Gonorrhea Infection

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited

  High numbers of lactobacilli in the vaginal tract have been correlated with a decreased risk of infection by the sexually transmitted pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae. We have previously shown that Lactobacillus jensenii, one of the most prevalent microorganisms in the healthy human vaginal tract, can inhibit gonococcal adherence to epithelial cells in culture.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate