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A new way lactic acid can reduce a woman’s risk of getting an STI
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A new way lactic acid can reduce a woman’s risk of getting an STI

by Burnet Institute Higher relative abundance of bacterial LDH in women with a Lactobacillus-dominated microbiome. The vaginal microbiome composition of 113 young women from Cape Town, South Africa, was determined using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, and participants were classified as being bacterial vaginosis (BV) negative, positive, or intermediate (Int) using Nugent-BV criteria. Proteins were identified...