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Assessment of the Lower Urinary Tract Microbiota during Symptom Flare in Women with Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A MAPP Network Study.
The Journal of urology - 1 Feb 2016
Nickel J Curtis, Stephens Alisa, Landis J Richard, Mullins Chris, van Bokhoven Adrie, Lucia M Scott, Ehrlich Garth D
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PURPOSE: We compared culture independent assessment of microbiota of the lower urinary tract in standard culture negative female patients with urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome who reported symptom flare vs those who did not report a flare. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Initial stream (VB1) and midstream (VB2) urine specimens (233 patients with urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome) were analyzed with Ibis...
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