{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,22]],"date-time":"2026-07-22T18:36:20Z","timestamp":1784745380634,"version":"3.55.0"},"reference-count":43,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1696118400000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1696118400000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1696118400000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-017"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1696118400000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-037"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1696118400000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-012"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1696118400000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-029"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1696118400000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-004"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Microbial Pathogenesis"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,10]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,14]],"date-time":"2023-08-14T20:57:17Z","timestamp":1692046637000},"page":"106309","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"special_numbering":"C","title":["Translocation of vaginal and cervical low-abundance non-Lactobacillus bacteria notably associate with endometriosis: A pilot study"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"183","author":[{"given":"Qing","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5409-504X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yinan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Han","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liping","family":"Zeng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuaicheng","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hui","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weixia","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenkui","family":"Dai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruifang","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1244","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMra1810764","volume":"382","author":"Zondervan","year":"2020","journal-title":"Endometriosis. N Engl J Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"666","DOI":"10.1038\/s41574-019-0245-z","article-title":"Rethinking mechanisms, diagnosis and management of endometriosis","volume":"15","author":"Chapron","year":"2019","journal-title":"Nat. Rev. Endocrinol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1048","DOI":"10.1210\/er.2018-00242","volume":"40","author":"Bulun","year":"2019","journal-title":"Endometriosis. Endocr Rev."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"92","DOI":"10.1093\/humupd\/dmab035","article-title":"The role of gut and genital microbiota and the estrobolome in endometriosis, infertility and chronic pelvic pain","volume":"28","author":"Salliss","year":"2021","journal-title":"Hum. Reprod. Update"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"167","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jare.2021.01.015","article-title":"Novel diagnostic options for endometriosis - based on the glycome and microbiome","volume":"33","author":"Kovacs","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. Adv. Res."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph17134683","article-title":"The burden of endometriosis on women's lifespan: a narrative overview on quality of life and psychosocial wellbeing","volume":"17","author":"Della Corte","year":"2020","journal-title":"Int. J. Environ. Res. Publ. Health"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib7","first-page":"349","article-title":"Endometriosis still a challenge","volume":"7","author":"Mehedintu","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Med Life"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2021.790627","article-title":"The microbiome as a key regulator of female genital tract barrier function","volume":"11","author":"Plesniarski","year":"2021","journal-title":"Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"875","DOI":"10.1038\/s41467-017-00901-0","article-title":"The microbiota continuum along the female reproductive tract and its relation to uterine-related diseases","volume":"8","author":"Chen","year":"2017","journal-title":"Nat. Commun."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2451","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2019.02451","article-title":"The vaginal community state types microbiome-immune network as key factor for bacterial vaginosis and aerobic vaginitis","volume":"10","author":"De Seta","year":"2019","journal-title":"Front. Microbiol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"203","DOI":"10.1186\/s12934-020-01464-4","article-title":"Vaginal microbiota and the potential of Lactobacillus derivatives in maintaining vaginal health","volume":"19","author":"Chee","year":"2020","journal-title":"Microb. Cell Factories"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"239","DOI":"10.1111\/1471-0528.15916","article-title":"Endometriosis and the microbiome: a systematic review","volume":"127","author":"Leonardi","year":"2020","journal-title":"BJOG"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2204","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-019-39700-6","article-title":"The endobiota study: comparison of vaginal, cervical and gut microbiota between women with stage 3\/4 endometriosis and healthy controls","volume":"9","author":"Ata","year":"2019","journal-title":"Sci. Rep."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1111\/aji.13147","article-title":"Molecular detection of microbial colonization in cervical mucus of women with and without endometriosis","volume":"82","author":"Akiyama","year":"2019","journal-title":"Am. J. Reprod. Immunol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms22115644","article-title":"Intricate connections between the microbiota and endometriosis","volume":"22","author":"Jiang","year":"2021","journal-title":"Int. J. Mol. Sci."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2446","DOI":"10.1093\/humrep\/deu222","article-title":"Intra-uterine microbial colonization and occurrence of endometritis in women with endometriosis","volume":"29","author":"Khan","year":"2014","journal-title":"Hum. Reprod."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"208","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2018.00208","article-title":"Uterine microbiota: residents, tourists, or invaders?","volume":"9","author":"Baker","year":"2018","journal-title":"Front. Immunol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4191","DOI":"10.1038\/s41467-021-24516-8","article-title":"Translocation of vaginal microbiota is involved in impairment and protection of uterine health","volume":"12","author":"Wang","year":"2021","journal-title":"Nat. Commun."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm7110379","article-title":"Association of pelvic inflammatory disease with risk of endometriosis: a nationwide cohort study involving 141,460 individuals","volume":"7","author":"Tai","year":"2018","journal-title":"J. Clin. Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib20","article-title":"Increased risk of endometriosis in patients with lower genital tract infection: a nationwide cohort study","volume":"95","author":"Lin","year":"2016","journal-title":"Medicine (Baltim.)"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"298","DOI":"10.1093\/humupd\/dmy048","article-title":"Identification and evaluation of the microbiome in the female and male reproductive tracts","volume":"25","author":"Koedooder","year":"2019","journal-title":"Hum. Reprod. Update"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"771","DOI":"10.21037\/atm-20-4586","article-title":"The role of the vaginal microbiome in distinguishing female chronic pelvic pain caused by endometriosis\/adenomyosis","volume":"9","author":"Chao","year":"2021","journal-title":"Ann. Transl. Med."},{"issue":"Suppl 1","key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4680","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.1002611107","article-title":"Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women","volume":"108","author":"Ravel","year":"2011","journal-title":"Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"627","DOI":"10.1038\/s41592-019-0431-x","article-title":"FEAST: fast expectation-maximization for microbial source tracking","volume":"16","author":"Shenhav","year":"2019","journal-title":"Nat. Methods"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"685","DOI":"10.1038\/s41587-020-0548-6","article-title":"PICRUSt2 for prediction of metagenome functions","volume":"38","author":"Douglas","year":"2020","journal-title":"Nat. Biotechnol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1016\/S0165-0378(02)00019-0","article-title":"The innate and early immune response to pathogen challenge in the female genital tract and the pivotal role of epithelial cells","volume":"57","author":"Quayle","year":"2002","journal-title":"J. Reprod. Immunol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib27","article-title":"Antibiotic therapy and vaginal microbiota transplantation reduce endometriosis disease progression in female mice via NF-\u03baB signaling pathway","volume":"9","author":"Lu","year":"2022","journal-title":"Front. Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"549","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fertnstert.2017.11.009","article-title":"Mycoplasma genitalium can modulate the local immune response in patients with endometriosis","volume":"109","author":"Campos","year":"2018","journal-title":"Fertil. Steril."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"15","DOI":"10.1186\/s12941-020-00356-0","article-title":"Microbiota composition and distribution along the female reproductive tract of women with endometriosis","volume":"19","author":"Wei","year":"2020","journal-title":"Ann. Clin. Microbiol. Antimicrob."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics10030163","article-title":"Microbiome profile of deep endometriosis patients: comparison of vaginal fluid, endometrium and lesion","volume":"10","author":"Hernandes","year":"2020","journal-title":"Diagnostics"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2021.788836","article-title":"Gut microbiota exceeds cervical microbiota for early diagnosis of endometriosis","volume":"11","author":"Huang","year":"2021","journal-title":"Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"289","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fertnstert.2017.05.016","article-title":"Higher prevalence of chronic endometritis in women with endometriosis: a possible etiopathogenetic link","volume":"108","author":"Cicinelli","year":"2017","journal-title":"Fertil. Steril."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0088354","article-title":"The association between endometriosis and chronic endometritis","volume":"9","author":"Takebayashi","year":"2014","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms24032059","article-title":"Commonalities and disparities between endometriosis and chronic endometritis: therapeutic potential of novel antibiotic treatment strategy against ectopic endometrium","volume":"24","author":"Kitaya","year":"2023","journal-title":"Int. J. Mol. Sci."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"223","DOI":"10.1128\/CMR.00075-15","article-title":"The human microbiome during bacterial vaginosis","volume":"29","author":"Onderdonk","year":"2016","journal-title":"Clin. Microbiol. Rev."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib36","first-page":"1581","article-title":"Barcoded sequencing reveals diverse intrauterine microbiomes in patients suffering with endometrial polyps","volume":"8","author":"Fang","year":"2016","journal-title":"Am J Transl Res"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1064","DOI":"10.1007\/s43032-019-00113-5","article-title":"The vaginal microbiome as a tool to predict rASRM stage of disease in endometriosis: a pilot study","volume":"27","author":"Perrotta","year":"2020","journal-title":"Reprod. Sci."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"57","DOI":"10.1038\/s41522-021-00229-0","article-title":"Veillonellaceae family members uniquely alter the cervical metabolic microenvironment in a human three-dimensional epithelial model","volume":"7","author":"Salliss","year":"2021","journal-title":"NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib39","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"965","DOI":"10.1016\/j.immuni.2015.04.019","article-title":"Cervicovaginal bacteria are a major modulator of host inflammatory responses in the female genital tract","volume":"42","author":"Anahtar","year":"2015","journal-title":"Immunity"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib40","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1394","DOI":"10.3109\/14767058.2014.958463","article-title":"Sterile and microbial-associated intra-amniotic inflammation in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes","volume":"28","author":"Romero","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. Matern. Fetal Neonatal Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"915","DOI":"10.1515\/jpm-2019-0297","article-title":"Evidence that intra-amniotic infections are often the result of an ascending invasion - a molecular microbiological study","volume":"47","author":"Romero","year":"2019","journal-title":"J. Perinat. Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib42","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1128\/microbiolspec.BAD-0010-2016","article-title":"Bifidobacteria and their health-promoting effects","volume":"5","author":"Hidalgo-Cantabrana","year":"2017","journal-title":"Microbiol. Spectr."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309_bib43","first-page":"193","article-title":"Possible role of microbiome in the pathogenesis of endometriosis","volume":"73","author":"D'alterio","year":"2021","journal-title":"Minerva Obstet Gynecol"}],"container-title":["Microbial Pathogenesis"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S088240102300342X?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S088240102300342X?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,10]],"date-time":"2025-10-10T15:58:22Z","timestamp":1760111902000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S088240102300342X"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,10]]},"references-count":43,"alternative-id":["S088240102300342X"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309","relation":{},"ISSN":["0882-4010"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0882-4010","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,10]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Translocation of vaginal and cervical low-abundance non-Lactobacillus bacteria notably associate with endometriosis: A pilot study","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Microbial Pathogenesis","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.micpath.2023.106309","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2023 Published by Elsevier Ltd.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"106309"}}