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It has been suggested that a more diverse vaginal microbial colonization might lead to cervical insufficiency and subsequently further increase the risk for preterm birth. To date, the microbial colonization in women with cervical insufficiency has not been sufficiently categorized. Therefore, this study is aimed at describing the vaginal microbial colonization in this high\u2010risk collective and exploring a possible association with preterm birth.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and Study Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All women treated for cervical insufficiency from June 2021 until March 2024 at the Division for Obstetrics and Feto\u2010Maternal Medicine of the Medical University of Vienna were evaluated for inclusion. Vaginal bacterial\/fungal culture results during pregnancy were used for the characterization of the vaginal microbial colonization and categorized in 17 predefined microbial groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We included 118 women with cervical insufficiency with available vaginal culture results, of whom 58.5% experienced preterm birth.\n                      <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp., coagulase\u2010negative staphylococci,\n                      <jats:italic>Enterococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. and\n                      <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. were the most frequently detected microorganisms. Further, we conducted a secondary exploratory analysis of the association of each individual microbial group with preterm birth, which found an absence of lactobacilli (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.047) and the presence of a more diverse microbial composition with Gram\u2010negative anaerobes,\n                      <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. and\n                      <jats:italic>Enterococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. to be more frequent in PTB.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Cervical insufficiency is associated with a diverse vaginal microbial colonization. Especially colonization with coagulase\u2010negative staphylococci,\n                      <jats:italic>Ureaplasma<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp., and\n                      <jats:italic>Enterococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. seems to play an important role in cervical insufficiency.\n                      <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. absence was associated with subsequent preterm birth.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1155\/jp\/6561798","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,27]],"date-time":"2025-11-27T05:52:12Z","timestamp":1764222732000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Characterization of Vaginal Microbial Colonization in Cervical Insufficiency Patients and Its Relation to Preterm Birth: An Observational Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2025","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5062-0097","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fanny","family":"Mikula","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Arlena","family":"Witt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-2801-9266","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ricarda","family":"Heemann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-7706-1464","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sonja","family":"Granser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0523-5696","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Florian","family":"Heinzl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4628-9052","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alex","family":"Farr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8409-1119","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Philipp","family":"Foessleitner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_1_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(90)91084-P"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/uog.202"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_2","unstructured":"WHO Preterm Birth 2023 25.01.2024 Available from:https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/preterm-birth."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2044-0203"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_2","volume-title":"Preterm Labour and Birth","author":"National Collaborating Centre for, W.s.","year":"2015"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/uog.15953"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/uog.17457"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2012.10.877"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7863\/ultra.16.08054"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/14767058.2013.847917"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0180878"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/01443615.2022.2054680"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2024.4559"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12237249"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2020.08.034"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00404-024-07397-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s40168-018-0502-8"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_18_2","unstructured":"STROBE Checklists. downloaded on 06th October 2024."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_19_2","unstructured":"Ahlmann-Eltze Ggsignif: Significance Brackets for Ggplot2 2022 Available from:https:\/\/const-ae.github.io\/ggsignif\/."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_20_2","unstructured":"Garnier Viridis: Colorblind-Friendly Color Maps for r 2024 Available from:https:\/\/sjmgarnier.github.io\/viridis\/."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_21_2","unstructured":"Kassambara Survminer: Drawing Survival Curves Using Ggplot2 2024 Available from:https:\/\/rpkgs.datanovia.com\/survminer\/index.html."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_22_2","unstructured":"Sjoberg Ggsurvfit: Flexible Time-to-Event Figures 2024 Available from:https:\/\/github.com\/pharmaverse\/ggsurvfit."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_23_2","unstructured":"TeamR. 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