CXCL10 and bacterial vaginosis: Observational studies have linked bacterial vaginosis with reduced vaginal concentrations of IP-10,10,25 suggesting that either the absence of bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria or presence of Lactobacillus spp might elicit IP-10.10 Joag and colleagues11 showed that successful antibiotic bacterial vaginosis treatment resulting in an L iners predominant vaginal microbiome increased vaginal concentrations of several chemokines at 1 month, including IP-10 and MIG.