1. An updated study of the relationship between bacterial infections and women's immune system, focusing on bacterial compositions with successful pregnancy.
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Saleh RO, Salahdin OD, Ahmad I, Bansal P, Kaur H, Deorari M, Hjazi A, Abosaoda MK, Mohammed IH, and Jawad MA
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- Humans, Female, Pregnancy, Infertility, Female immunology, Infertility, Female microbiology, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease immunology, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease microbiology, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease diagnosis, Immune System immunology, Bacterial Infections immunology, Bacterial Infections microbiology, Bacterial Infections diagnosis, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious immunology, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious microbiology, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious diagnosis, Vaginosis, Bacterial immunology, Vaginosis, Bacterial microbiology, Vaginosis, Bacterial diagnosis, Endometritis immunology, Endometritis microbiology, Endometritis diagnosis
- Abstract
Genital tract infections can cause a variety of harmful health outcomes, including endometritis, bacterial vaginosis, and pelvic inflammatory disease, in addition to infertility. Anaerobic bacteria, such as Gardnerella vaginalis, Megasphaera spp., and Atopobium vaginae, are more commonly identified in cases of bacterial vaginosis than lactobacilli. It is unknown how the microorganisms that cause pelvic inflammatory diseases and endometritis enter the uterus. Both prospective and retrospective research have connected pelvic inflammatory disorders, chronic endometritis, and bacterial vaginosis to infertility. Similar to bacterial vaginosis, endometritis-related infertility is probably caused by a variety of factors, such as inflammation, immune system recognition of sperm antigens, bacterial toxins, and a higher risk of STDs. Preconception care for symptomatic women may include diagnosing and treating pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic endometritis, and bacterial vaginosis before conception to optimize the results of both natural and assisted reproduction., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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