TABLE 1.
ART procedure success according to vaginal and semen community type.
| Community type | Healthy group, n (%) | ART group, n (%) | ART success rate, n (%) a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaginal communities | ||||
| I | Lactobacillus iners | 4 (33.3) | 31 (31.9) | 8 (25.8) |
| II | Lactobacillus crispatus | 4 (33.3) | 25 (25.8) | 9 (36.0) |
| III | BV community | 0 | 19 (19.6) | 5 (26.3) |
| IV | Two lactobacilli (L. iners + L. crispatus) | 2 (16.7) | 9 (9.3) | 1 (11.1) |
| V | Lactobacillus jensenii | 1 (8.3) | 3 (3.1) | 1 (33.3) |
| VI | Lactobacillus gasseri | 0 | 4 (4.1) | 0 |
| VII A | Diverse community A (Lactobacillus + Bifidobacterium) | 0 | 4 (4.1) | 3 (75.0) |
| VII B | Diverse community B (Lactobacillus + Streptococcus) | 1 (8.3) | 2 (2.1) | 1 (50.0) |
| Women with community types with higher success rate (II, V, VII), mean age 34.6 ± SD 4.3 | 14 (41.2)** | |||
| Women with community types with lower success rate (I, III, IV, VI), mean age 34.0 ± SD 4.9 | 14 (22.2)** | |||
| Semen communities | ||||
| I | Acinetobacter (plus L. iners, Corynebacterium, Flavobacterium, Prevotella) | 7 (58.3) | 48 (49.5) | 17 (35.4)* |
| II | Gram‐negative anaerobic/ microaerophilic (Prevotella, Porphyromonas, Dialister or Campylobacter) | 1 (8.3) | 14 (14.4) | 1 (7.1)* |
| III | Gram‐negative + Gram‐positive (Prevotella, Acinetobacter, Porphyromonas, Dialister, Campylobacter, L. iners, L. crispatus, Corynebacterium, Gardnerella vaginalis, Finegoldia, Fenollaria) | 1 (8.3) | 14 (14.4) | 4 (28.6) |
| IV | L. iners + vaginal bacteria (L. crispatus, G. vaginalis, Sneathia, Corynebacterium) | 2 (16.7) | 13 (13.4) | 2 (15.4) |
| V | Corynebacterium | 1 (8.3) | 4 (4.1) | 2 (50) |
| VI | L. iners | 0 | 2 (2.1) | 1 (50) |
| Veillonella‐predominated community | 0 | 1 (1.0) | 1 (7.1) | |
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae‐ predominated community | 0 | 1 (1.0) | 0 | |
| Men with community type with higher success rate (I), mean age 38.6 ± SD 7.6 | 17 (35.4) | |||
| Men with community types with lower success rate or scarce types (II–VI), mean age 36.4 ± SD 5.8 | 11 (22.4) | |||
a
ART (assisted reproductive technologies) procedure success as clinical pregnancy rate.
*
P < 0.05 (Chi‐square test)
**
P < 0.05 (Chi‐square test).