List of works - Rita Verhelst

A pilot study evaluating the safety of vaginal administration of a multi-particulate pellet formulation

scientific article published on 4 September 2009

Antibiotic susceptibility of Atopobium vaginae

scientific article

Antiseptics and disinfectants for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a systematic review

scientific article

Association between bacterial vaginosis and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

Bacteremic infection with Pantoea ananatis

scientific article published on September 2004

Bacterial vaginosis: an update on diagnosis and treatment

scientific article

Characterisation of the human uterine microbiome in non-pregnant women through deep sequencing of the V1-2 region of the 16S rRNA gene

scientific article

Chlamydia trachomatis infection in fertile and subfertile women in Rwanda: prevalence and diagnostic significance of IgG and IgA antibodies testing

scientific article published on October 20, 2011

Cloning of 16S rRNA genes amplified from normal and disturbed vaginal microflora suggests a strong association between Atopobium vaginae, Gardnerella vaginalis and bacterial vaginosis

scientific article

Comparison between Gram stain and culture for the characterization of vaginal microflora: definition of a distinct grade that resembles grade I microflora and revised categorization of grade I microflora

scientific article

Comparison of different sampling techniques and of different culture methods for detection of group B streptococcus carriage in pregnant women

scientific article

Comparison of five genotypic techniques for identification of optochin-resistant pneumococcus-like isolates

scientific article published on August 2003

Correlates of the molecular vaginal microbiota composition of African women

scientific article

Culture-independent analysis of vaginal microflora: the unrecognized association of Atopobium vaginae with bacterial vaginosis

scientific article published in October 2004

Digitized fluorescent RFLP analysis (fRFLP) as a universal method for comparing genomes of culturable dsDNA viruses: application to bacteriophages

scientific article

Elevated soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (sTREM)-1 levels in maternal serum during term and preterm labor

scientific article

Evaluation of a new multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay STDFinder for the simultaneous detection of 7 sexually transmitted disease pathogens

scientific article published on 27 July 2011

Evaluation of amplified rDNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) for the identification of Mycoplasma species

scientific article

Evaluation of amplified rDNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) for the identification of cultured mycobacteria in a diagnostic laboratory

scientific article

Evaluation of tRNA gene PCR for identification of mollicutes

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Gene polymorphisms of Toll-like and related recognition receptors in relation to the vaginal carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae

scientific article published in January 2009

Genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) isolated from vaginal and rectal swabs of women at 35-37 weeks of pregnancy

scientific article

Group A streptococcal vaginitis: an unrecognized cause of vaginal symptoms in adult women

scientific article published on 19 February 2011

HPV vaccines to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts: an update

scientific article published on March 2014

Identification and genotyping of bacteria from paired vaginal and rectal samples from pregnant women indicates similarity between vaginal and rectal microflora

scientific article

Identification of Lactobacillus species using tDNA-PCR.

scientific article published in August 2002

Imbalances between matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) in maternal serum during preterm labor

scientific article

In vivo evaluation of the vaginal distribution and retention of a multi-particulate pellet formulation.

scientific article

Lactobacillus-dominated cervicovaginal microbiota associated with reduced HIV/STI prevalence and genital HIV viral load in African women

scientific article

Longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microflora in pregnancy suggests that L. crispatus promotes the stability of the normal vaginal microflora and that L. gasseri and/or L. iners are more conducive to the occurrence of abnormal vaginal microflora

scientific article

Longitudinal qPCR study of the dynamics of L. crispatus, L. iners, A. vaginae, (sialidase positive) G. vaginalis, and P. bivia in the vagina

scientific article

Longitudinal study of the dynamics of vaginal microflora during two consecutive menstrual cycles

scientific article

Microflora of the penile skin-lined neovagina of transsexual women

scientific article

Modified classification of Gram-stained vaginal smears to predict spontaneous preterm birth: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published in June 2007

Prevalence and correlates of bacterial vaginosis in different sub-populations of women in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study

scientific article

Quantification of bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome in different groups of women, using nucleic acid amplification tests

scientific article

Quantitative determination by real-time PCR of four vaginal Lactobacillus species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae indicates an inverse relationship between L. gasseri and L. iners

scientific article

Shared genotypes of Achromobacter xylosoxidans strains isolated from patients at a cystic fibrosis rehabilitation center

scientific article published on June 2005

Streptococcus cristatus isolated from a resected heart valve and blood cultures: case reports and application of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification

scientific article

Strong correspondence in bacterial loads between the vagina and rectum of pregnant women

scientific article

Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the microflora in necrotic teeth of patients irradiated in the head and neck region

scientific article published in September 2008

The development of a 16S rRNA gene based PCR for the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and comparison with four other species specific PCR assays

scientific article

The epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis in relation to sexual behaviour

scientific article

The impact of hormonal contraception and pregnancy on sexually transmitted infections and on cervicovaginal microbiota in african sex workers

scientific article published on March 2015

The significance of Lactobacillus crispatus and L. vaginalis for vaginal health and the negative effect of recent sex: a cross-sectional descriptive study across groups of African women

scientific article

The vaginal microbiota: what have we learned after a decade of molecular characterization?

scientific article published on 22 August 2014

The vaginal microflora in relation to gingivitis

scientific article

List of works by Rita Verhelst

A pilot study evaluating the safety of vaginal administration of a multi-particulate pellet formulation

Antibiotic susceptibility of Atopobium vaginae

Antiseptics and disinfectants for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis: a systematic review

Association between bacterial vaginosis and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Bacteremic infection with Pantoea ananatis

Bacterial vaginosis: an update on diagnosis and treatment

Characterisation of the human uterine microbiome in non-pregnant women through deep sequencing of the V1-2 region of the 16S rRNA gene

Chlamydia trachomatis infection in fertile and subfertile women in Rwanda: prevalence and diagnostic significance of IgG and IgA antibodies testing

Cloning of 16S rRNA genes amplified from normal and disturbed vaginal microflora suggests a strong association between Atopobium vaginae, Gardnerella vaginalis and bacterial vaginosis

Comparison between Gram stain and culture for the characterization of vaginal microflora: definition of a distinct grade that resembles grade I microflora and revised categorization of grade I microflora

Comparison of different sampling techniques and of different culture methods for detection of group B streptococcus carriage in pregnant women

Comparison of five genotypic techniques for identification of optochin-resistant pneumococcus-like isolates

Correlates of the molecular vaginal microbiota composition of African women

Culture-independent analysis of vaginal microflora: the unrecognized association of Atopobium vaginae with bacterial vaginosis

Digitized fluorescent RFLP analysis (fRFLP) as a universal method for comparing genomes of culturable dsDNA viruses: application to bacteriophages

Elevated soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (sTREM)-1 levels in maternal serum during term and preterm labor

Evaluation of a new multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay STDFinder for the simultaneous detection of 7 sexually transmitted disease pathogens

Evaluation of amplified rDNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) for the identification of Mycoplasma species

Evaluation of amplified rDNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) for the identification of cultured mycobacteria in a diagnostic laboratory

Evaluation of tRNA gene PCR for identification of mollicutes

Gene polymorphisms of Toll-like and related recognition receptors in relation to the vaginal carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae

Genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) isolated from vaginal and rectal swabs of women at 35-37 weeks of pregnancy

Group A streptococcal vaginitis: an unrecognized cause of vaginal symptoms in adult women

HPV vaccines to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts: an update

Identification and genotyping of bacteria from paired vaginal and rectal samples from pregnant women indicates similarity between vaginal and rectal microflora

Identification of Lactobacillus species using tDNA-PCR.

Imbalances between matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) in maternal serum during preterm labor

In vivo evaluation of the vaginal distribution and retention of a multi-particulate pellet formulation.

Lactobacillus-dominated cervicovaginal microbiota associated with reduced HIV/STI prevalence and genital HIV viral load in African women

Longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microflora in pregnancy suggests that L. crispatus promotes the stability of the normal vaginal microflora and that L. gasseri and/or L. iners are more conducive to the occurrence of abnormal vaginal microflora

Longitudinal qPCR study of the dynamics of L. crispatus, L. iners, A. vaginae, (sialidase positive) G. vaginalis, and P. bivia in the vagina

Longitudinal study of the dynamics of vaginal microflora during two consecutive menstrual cycles

Microflora of the penile skin-lined neovagina of transsexual women

Modified classification of Gram-stained vaginal smears to predict spontaneous preterm birth: a prospective cohort study

Prevalence and correlates of bacterial vaginosis in different sub-populations of women in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study

Quantification of bacterial species of the vaginal microbiome in different groups of women, using nucleic acid amplification tests

Quantitative determination by real-time PCR of four vaginal Lactobacillus species, Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae indicates an inverse relationship between L. gasseri and L. iners

Shared genotypes of Achromobacter xylosoxidans strains isolated from patients at a cystic fibrosis rehabilitation center

Streptococcus cristatus isolated from a resected heart valve and blood cultures: case reports and application of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification

Strong correspondence in bacterial loads between the vagina and rectum of pregnant women

Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the microflora in necrotic teeth of patients irradiated in the head and neck region

The development of a 16S rRNA gene based PCR for the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and comparison with four other species specific PCR assays

The epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis in relation to sexual behaviour

The impact of hormonal contraception and pregnancy on sexually transmitted infections and on cervicovaginal microbiota in african sex workers

The significance of Lactobacillus crispatus and L. vaginalis for vaginal health and the negative effect of recent sex: a cross-sectional descriptive study across groups of African women

The vaginal microbiota: what have we learned after a decade of molecular characterization?

The vaginal microflora in relation to gingivitis