Objective To compare vaginal microbiota in the first trimester of pregnancy between spontaneous preterm and term deliveries
Material and methods Case-control study nested in a cohort of pregnant patients in the first trimester. Inclusion criteria. : case is defined as spontaneous preterm births between 22 and 36 weeks in one of the 14 centers. The "control" patient will be considered as the following delivery over ≥ 37 weeks in the same center. Multiple pregnancies, medical interruptions of pregnancy and deaths in utero will be excluded. Regarding the vaginal flora of cases and controls, the microorganisms will be researched and quantified by molecular methods. Expected results Patients and control patients will be compared for their demographic, obstetric, clinical and microbiological data. The parameters related to the risk of spontaneous prematurity at the p \<0.20 threshold will then be analyzed by multi-level logistic regression. Implications At a time when the link between bacterial vaginosis and prematurity is controversial, the detection - or not - of microorganisms linked to the risk of prematurity will be a key issue.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,000
To compare the microbiological and biological patterns between groups
Hôpital Jeanne de Flandres, CHRU
Lille, France
Vaginal Microbiota pattern
All microorganism potentially present in the vagina
Time frame: 10 years
Vaginal biological pattern
Biochemical and immunological compounds present in the vagina
Time frame: 10 years
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