Association between vaginal washing and vaginal bacterial concentrations
Fig 2
Changes in bacterial concentration over time in two US women who reported vaginal washing at some study visits.
Log10 qPCR copies per vaginal swab of bacterial taxa were plotted versus study visit for two of the seven US women who reported vaginal washing. Sub-optimal bacterial taxa are plotted on the left, and Lactobacillus species are on the right. Visits at which vaginal washing was reported in the past month are marked with a black arrow.