Abstract:treatment during the study period, and therefore these patients were excluded from the microbiome analysis. CONCLUSION: The overall vaginal microbiome does not change significantly after the introduction of an oral probiotic supplement into the maternal diet. The overall vaginal microbiome appears relatively stable over the course of 4-6 weeks during the first half of pregnancy, and the relative abundance of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, the two genera contained in the probiotic, did not appear to be sign… Show more
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