About the Authors

Vincent Letouzey

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France

Sophie Bastide

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health and Bio-informatics, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France, EA2415 University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France

Daniela Ulrich

daniela.ulrich@medunigraz.at

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France

Laurie Beccera

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France

Mariella Lomma

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health and Bio-informatics, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France

Renaud de Tayrac

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France

Jean Philippe Lavigne

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France, National Institute of Health and Medical Research, U1047, University of Montpellier, Nîmes, France

Competing Interests

All authors except RdT have declared that no competing interests exist. Renaud de Tayrac is a consultant for Boston Scientific and Coloplast. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VL RdT JPL. Performed the experiments: VL LB RdT. Analyzed the data: VL SB DU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VL RdT JPL. Wrote the paper: VL SB DU ML.