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Table 2 Detection rates for vaginal Ureaplasma, Mycoplasma and Candida spp. during pregnancya

From: Ureaplasma parvum genotype, combined vaginal colonisation with Candida albicans, and spontaneous preterm birth in an Australian cohort of pregnant women

Organisms

Time-point 1

(n = 191)

Time-point 2

(n = 154)

Time-point 3

(n = 152)

Gestation at sampling (wk)b

21 (13–26)

29 (24–38)

36 (32–40)

Ureaplasma spp.

91 (48 %)

74 (48 %)

67 (44 %)

  U. parvum

74 (39 %)

63 (41 %)

53 (35 %)

 SV1

11 (5.8 %)

10 (6.5 %)

10 (6.6 %)

 SV3

27 (14.1 %)

20 (13 %)

19 (12.5 %)

 SV6

31 (16.2 %)

24 (15.6 %)

18 (11.8 %)

 SV6.1

1 (0.5 %)

1 (0.6 %)

1 (0.7 %)

 SV14

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

 Mixed

2 (1 %)

2 (1.3 %)

3 (2 %)

 Too weak to call

0 (0 %)

3 (1.9 %)

0 (0 %)

 No amplification

2 (1 %)c

2 (1.3 %)c

2 (1.3 %)c

  U. urealyticum

25 (13 %)

15 (10 %)

16 (11 %)

Candida spp.

73 (38 %)

53 (34 %)

52 (34 %)

  C. albicans

63 (33 %)

50 (33 %)

48 (32 %)

  C. glabrata

10 (5 %)

2 (1 %)

3 (2 %)

 Non-albicans/non-glabrata

Candida spp.

5 (3 %)

5 (3 %)

2 (1 %)

M. hominis

21 (11 %)

12 (8 %)

16 (11 %)

M. genitalium

6 (3 %)

3 (2 %)

4 (3 %)

  1. aDue to variations in sample compliance, apparent reductions or increases in genotypes over the three time points are not indicative of genotype stability
  2. brepresents median, range
  3. cSame study participants