The Nugent score is an inappropriate diagnostic tool for neovaginal bacteria in transfeminine people

Reeya Parmar, Bern Monari, Emery Potter, Jorge Rojas-Vargas, Hannah Wilcox, David Zuanazzi, Annabel Poon, Ainslie C. Shouldice, Vonetta L. Edwards, Yonah Krakowsky, Jacques Ravel, Jessica L. Prodger

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DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01410-2
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s43856-026-01410-2,
  title = {The Nugent score is an inappropriate diagnostic tool for neovaginal bacteria in transfeminine people},
  author = {Reeya Parmar and Bern Monari and Emery Potter and Jorge Rojas-Vargas and Hannah Wilcox and David Zuanazzi and Annabel Poon and Ainslie C. Shouldice and Vonetta L. Edwards and Yonah Krakowsky and Jacques Ravel and Jessica L. Prodger},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Communications Medicine},
  doi = {10.1038/s43856-026-01410-2},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01410-2}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Nugent score is an inappropriate diagnostic tool for neovaginal bacteria in transfeminine people
AU  - Reeya Parmar
AU  - Bern Monari
AU  - Emery Potter
AU  - Jorge Rojas-Vargas
AU  - Hannah Wilcox
AU  - David Zuanazzi
AU  - Annabel Poon
AU  - Ainslie C. Shouldice
AU  - Vonetta L. Edwards
AU  - Yonah Krakowsky
AU  - Jacques Ravel
AU  - Jessica L. Prodger
PY  - 2026
JO  - Communications Medicine
DO  - 10.1038/s43856-026-01410-2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01410-2
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Parmar, R., Monari, B., Potter, E., Rojas-Vargas, J., Wilcox, H., Zuanazzi, D., Poon, A., Shouldice, A. C., Edwards, V. L., Krakowsky, Y., Ravel, J., & Prodger, J. L. (2026). The Nugent score is an inappropriate diagnostic tool for neovaginal bacteria in transfeminine people. Communications Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01410-2

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