Table 2.

The cervical microbiota in the LEEP group and Reference group, before and after treatment

	LEEP group N = 89		6 m follow-up LEEP group N = 77		12 m follow-up LEEP group N = 72		Reference group N = 100
Bacteria	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Bacteroides spp.	7	8	2	3	3	4	0	0
Chlamydia trachomatis	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
Escherichia.coli	4	5	2	3	2	3	9	9
Gardnerella vaginalis	28	32	21	27	20	28	9	9
Mycoplasma hominis	17	19	10	13	8	11	3	3
Streptococcus spp.	12	14	2	3	3	4	10	10
Ureaplasma parvum	41	46	25	32	26	36	16	16
Ureaplasma urealyticum	9	10	3	4	4	6	3	3
Difteroides	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
Fusobacteria	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Klebsiella	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	2
Prevotella	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stafylococcus aureus	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lactobacillus spp.	32	36	36	47	39	54	39	39
any non-Lactobacillus	59	66	44	57	39	54	41	41

Abbreviations: LEEP Loop Electrosurgical Excisional Procedure, m months, M mycoplasma, N numbers