Microorganisms in nature rarely exist in a planktonic form, but in the form of biofilms. Biofilms have been identified as the cause of many chronic and persistent infections and have been implicated in the etiology of bacterial vaginosis (BV). Bacterial vaginosis is the most common form of vaginal infection in women of reproductive age. Similar to other biofilm infections, BV biofilms protect the BV-related bacteria against antibiotics and cause recurrent BV. In this review, an overview of BV-related bacteria, conceptual models and the stages involved in the polymicrobial BV biofilm formation will be discussed.

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细菌性阴道病的病因和微生物生物膜的形成。

自然界中的微生物很少以浮游生物的形式存在，而是以生物膜的形式存在。生物膜已被确定为许多慢性和持续性感染的原因，并与细菌性阴道病（BV）的病因有关。细菌性阴道病是育龄妇女阴道感染的最常见形式。与其他生物膜感染相似，BV生物膜可保护BV相关细菌免受抗生素侵害并引起BV复发。在这篇综述中，将讨论BV相关细菌的概观，概念模型以及参与微生物BV生物膜形成的阶段。