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Table 5 Detection of organisms at recruitment and birth characteristics for babies born spontaneously at <34 weeks GA (n = 5)a

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

GA (wk)

BW (g)

Sex

U. parvum

Titre (CCU – 10^)

U. parvum/U. urealyticum

U. parvum SV6

C. albicans

M. hominis

M. genitalium

25.9

690

M

✓

6

U. parvum

✓

✓

✓

✓

28.0

760

M

✓

7

U. parvum

✓

✓

-

-

30.9

1560

M

✓

6

U. parvum

-

✓

✓

-

31.4

1950

M

✓

5

Both

✓

✓

-

✓

32.0

1820

F

✓

6

U. parvum

✓

-

-

-

  1. a wk weeks, g grams, CCU colour changing units; a tick (✓) represents presence of organism, a dash (−) absence of organism