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Table 4 Vaginal colonisation rates of Ureaplasma, Candida and Mycoplasma spp. at recruitment in women who delivered spontaneously preterm vs. at terma

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

 

Preterm

N = 13

Term

N = 174

p-value

Ureaplasma spp.

11 (85 %)

78 (45 %)

0.006

U. parvum

10 (77 %)

63 (36 %)

0.004

U. urealyticum

2 (15 %)

23 (13 %)

0.687

Titre (CCU) of U . parvum b

6 (5–6;3–7)

5 (4–6;2–8)

0.043

Serovar 3 of U. parvum

3 (23 %)

23 (13 %)

0.399

Serovar 6 of U. parvum

7 (54 %)

26 (15 %)

0.002

Candida spp.

7 (54 %)

63 (36 %)

0.241

C. albicans

6 (46 %)

55 (32 %)

0.358

C. glabrata

1 (8 %)

9 (5 %)

0.522

Non-albicans/non-glabrata

0

4 (2 %)

1.000

Mycoplasma spp.

   

M. hominis

2 (15 %)

19 (11 %)

0.644

M. genitalium

2 (15 %)

4 (2 %)

0.057

U. parvum  +  C. albicans

6 (46 %)

22 (13 %)

0.005

U. parvum serovar 6 +  C. albicans

5 (39 %)

12 (7 %)

0.003

  1. aBold type indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)
  2. bmedian, interquartile range, range
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