Vaginal and urinary evaluation of lactobacilli quantification by qPCR: Identifying factors that influence urinary detection and the quantity of Lactobacillus

• Youngwu Kim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ykim65@mgh.harvard.edu

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Boston, MA, United States of America, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8407-7421

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• Agnes Bergerat-Thompson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Caroline Mitchell

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Boston, MA, United States of America, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9924-2349

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