Figure 5.

Microbial identification in fetal samples. (A) BacT/ALERT bottle culture was analyzed by bacteriological techniques. (B) Sequencing of PCR product from 16s rRNA gene (Fig. 4B, inset) followed by BLAST nucleotide database search. Dark portions of histograms correspond to the number (No.) of samples containing microorganisms known to pose a high risk of sepsis. White portions represent the samples bearing low-risk microorganisms only. Taxonomic grouping was done unevenly for a better representation of clinical importance.