Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To conduct a pilot study to investigate the possible presence of bacteria throughout the female reproductive tract and to make a preliminary assessment of whether there are differences in the composition of the microbial communities between these body sites and/or between patients. DESIGN:Prospective pilot study followed by 16S amplification and high-throughput sequencing. SETTING:Tertiary care military hospital. PATIENT(S):A total of 10 women underwent a total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy; tissue samples were collected from the vagina, resected cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. INTERVENTION(S):None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Microbial composition of samples within patients and between body sites. RESULT(S):The microbial composition of each sample was characterized by amplification and sequencing of the V1-V3 region of the 16S rRNA gene. Bacteria were identified in 95% of the samples; the remaining 5% of samples showed no evidence of bacterial 16S rRNA. The microbial communities present at each anatomical location were highly related across the samples and across the patients. The Firmicutes phylum was highly abundant as was the Lactobacillus genus. CONCLUSION(S):This study is the first global evaluation of the distribution of bacteria throughout the female reproductive tract in its entirety. Bacteria were detected by 16S sequencing from anatomical sites including the fallopian tubes and ovaries. The microbial profiles were closely related regardless of which body site or patient the samples originated from. The results of this trial will serve as the basis for future work correlating the colonization of the female reproductive tract with both obstetric and gynecologic conditions.
journal_name
Fertil Steriljournal_title
Fertility and sterilityauthors
Miles SM,Hardy BL,Merrell DSdoi
10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.11.028subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-03-01 00:00:00pages
813-820.e1issue
3eissn
0015-0282issn
1556-5653pii
S0015-0282(16)63028-5journal_volume
107pub_type
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
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更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
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更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.026
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.056
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.014
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)60374-6
更新日期:1988-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.03.068
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.12.126
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55128-0
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58167-9
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.10.014
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00212-5
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.036
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59068-2
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58521-5
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.051
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)56943-x
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.1068
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)00361-3
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00