Identification and genotyping of bacteria from paired vaginal and rectal samples from pregnant women indicates similarity between vaginal and rectal microflora

El Aila, Nabil Abdullah; Tency, Inge; Claeys, Geert; Verstraelen, Hans; Saerens, Bart; Santiago, Guido Lopes Dos Santos; De Backer, Ellen; Cools, Piet; Temmerman, Marleen; Verhelst, Rita; Vaneechoutte, Mario

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-167

Identification and genotyping of bacteria from paired vaginal and rectal samples from pregnant women indicates similarity between vaginal and rectal microflora

Author:

El Aila, Nabil Abdullah

Tency, Inge ; Claeys, Geert ; Verstraelen, Hans ; Saerens, Bart ; Santiago, Guido Lopes Dos Santos ; De Backer, Ellen ; Cools, Piet ; Temmerman, Marleen ; Verhelst, Rita ; Vaneechoutte, Mario

Keywords:

Bacterial Typing Techniques, DNA, Bacterial, Female, Genotype, Humans, Lactobacillus, Pregnancy, RNA, Transfer, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique, Rectum, Vagina, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Infectious Diseases, IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE-1, HUMAN FECAL FLORA, GARDNERELLA-VAGINALIS, MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, ATOPOBIUM-VAGINAE, LACTOBACILLUS-ACIDOPHILUS, HEALTHY WOMEN, PCR, QUANTIFICATION, ACQUISITION, 0605 Microbiology, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1108 Medical Microbiology, Microbiology, 3202 Clinical sciences, 3207 Medical microbiology, 4206 Public health

Abstract:

The vaginal microflora is important for maintaining vaginal health and preventing infections of the reproductive tract. The rectum has been suggested as the major source for the colonisation of the vaginal econiche.