The microbial communities that reside in the vagina constitute an ecosystem called vaginal microbiome or vaginoma. The balance between these communities, also known as eubiosis, is crucial both to ensure the woman’s well-being and a good reproductive function and to protect her from infectious gynaecological diseases. When this balance is lost a dysbiotic status is reached.

How far has the research come on this topic? What future developments can we expect? The gynaecologist Franco Vicariotto, of Humanitas San Pio X in Milan, discusses this topic in the instant book here below.