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Table 2 Community Sequence Types (CST)

From: Vaginal microbiota in women with spontaneous preterm labor versus those with term labor in Kenya: a case control study

CST Number

Description

Cases with sequences from matched controls (23 in each group)

All cases and controls with sequences (43 and 30)

Case (Preterm)

Control (Term)

Case (Preterm)

Control (Term)

I

L. crispatus

7

8

18

10

II

L. gasseri

0

0

0

0

III

L. iners

8

4

12

5

IV

Diverse

8

111

13

14

V

L. jensenii

0

0

0

1

  1. The designation of Ravel et al. is used [10]
  2. 1Two of the control participants designated as CST IV had co-existence of G. vaginalis and L. iners