TABLE 2.
Prevalent taxa at the genus level in the preterm placental microbiome are not influenced by antibiotic treatment
Genus | No antibiotics, mean abundance (±SD) | Antibiotics, mean abundance (±SD) | P value (t test) |
---|---|---|---|
Mycobacterium | 0.0084 (± 0.0049) | 0.0090 (± 0.0065) | .76 |
Burkholderia | 0.0086 (± 0.0046) | 0.0077 (± 0.0052) | .59 |
Mycoplasma | 0.0004 (± 0.0006) | 0.0005 (± 0.0015) | .89 |
Ureaplasma | 0.0242 (± 0.0585) | 0.0126 (± 0.0319) | .52 |
Fusobacterium | 0.0610 (± 0.210) | 0.0419 (± 0.191) | .79 |
Streptococcus | 0.0451 (± 0.0903) | 0.0663 (± 0.168) | .62 |
Prince et al. Placental microbiota and their metabolic pathways in PTB and chorioamnionitis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016.