Urogenital colonization and pathogenicity of E. Coli in the vaginal microbiota during pregnancy

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This study explores the role of the vaginal microbiota (VM) in the pathophysiology of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in a cohort of 1,553 pregnant women. Worldwide, E. coli remains the most common etiological agent of bacteriuria during pregnancy and also a major causative agent of newborn infections. A healthy VM is typically characterized by low diversity and is dominated by lactic acid-producing species,...

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