Compositions and methods for detecting Atopobium vaginae

A method for determining whether a sample contains Atopobium vaginae or has an increased likelihood of containing Atopobium vaginae comprising:

• (a) providing a vessel containing a composition,
• wherein the composition containing first and second primers, and a nucleic acid from the sample,
• wherein the composition is capable of amplifying, by a polymerase chain reaction, a segment of the nucleic acid to produce an amplicon,
• wherein production of the amplicon is primed by the first and second primers,
• wherein the first primer is SEQ ID NO:
• 3, and
• wherein the second primer is SEQ ID NO:
• 4,
• (b) incubating the vessel under conditions allowing production of the amplicon if the sample contains Atopobiuim vaginae, and
• (c) determining that the sample contains Atopobium vaginae if the amplicon is detected or that the sample has an increased likelihood of containing Atopobium vaginae is the amplicon is detected, or determining that the sample does not contain Atopobium vaginae if the amplicon is not detected or that the sample does not have an increased likelihood of containing Atopobium vaginae if the amplicon is not detected.