Evaluation of patient- versus provider-collected vaginal swabs for microbiome analysis during pregnancy

Autor: Kristine M. Wylie, Stephanie A. Blankenship, Methodius G. Tuuli, George A. Macones, Molly J. Stout
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: BMC Research Notes, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1756-0500
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3809-4
Popis: Abstract Objective We aimed to evaluate if patient- and provider-collected vaginal swabs in pregnant women reflect similar bacterial community characteristics. Pregnant patients performed a self-collected vaginal swab, then underwent a provider-collected swab via speculum exam. DNA pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA gene V1V3 and V3V5 variable regions was performed. Relative abundance of taxa, alpha diversity, and beta diversity of patient- and provider-collected swabs were compared. Results Ninety-four vaginal swabs from 47 women were analyzed. On non-metric multi-dimensional scaling plots, paired patient- and provider-collected swabs clustered closely. The median Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.993 (interquartile range 0.951–0.999) for V1V3 and 0.987 (interquartile range 0.902–0.999) for V3V5. Among paired V1V3 and V3V5 sequences, 83.0% and 73.9% showed strong Pearson correlation (> 0.9), respectively, between patient- and provider-collected swabs; V1V3 and V3V5 sequences with weaker Pearson correlation (
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