Establishment of vaginal microbiota composition in early pregnancy and its association with subsequent preterm prelabor rupture of the fetal membranes.

This study identifies reduced Lactobacillus spp. abundance and increasing vaginal bacterial diversity as an early risk factor for PPROM and highlights the need for interventional studies designed to assess the impact of modifying vaginal bacterial composition for the prevention of preterm birth. PMID: 30633889 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30633889?dopt=Abstract

Source: Translational Research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - December 27, 2018 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Brown RG, Al-Memar M, Marchesi JR, Lee YS, Smith A, Chan D, Lewis H, Kindinger L, Terzidou V, Bourne T, Bennett PR, MacIntyre DA Tags: Transl Res Source Type: research

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