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| Title |
Microflora of the penile skin-lined neovagina of transsexual women
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, May 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-9-102 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steven Weyers, Hans Verstraelen, Jan Gerris, Stan Monstrey, Guido dos Santos Lopes Santiago, Bart Saerens, Ellen De Backer, Geert Claeys, Mario Vaneechoutte, Rita Verhelst |
| Abstract |
The microflora of the penile skin-lined neovagina in male-to-female transsexuals is a recently created microbial niche which thus far has been characterized only to a very limited extent. Yet the knowledge of this microflora can be considered as essential to the follow-up of transsexual women. The primary objective of this study was to map the neo-vaginal microflora in a group of 50 transsexual women for whom a neovagina was constructed by means of the inverted penile skin flap technique. Secondary objectives were to describe possible correlations of this microflora with multiple patients' characteristics, such as sexual orientation, the incidence of vaginal irritation and malodorous vaginal discharge. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 396 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 32 | 8% |
| Indonesia | 23 | 6% |
| Malaysia | 11 | 3% |
| Germany | 8 | 2% |
| Australia | 3 | <1% |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Russia | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 19 | 5% |
| Unknown | 255 | 64% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 382 | 96% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 2% |
| Scientists | 5 | 1% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 70 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 69 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 13 | 19% |
| Unknown | 11 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 31% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 20% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 13 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 345. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 April 2024.
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#166
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