Reply to Keelan and Payne: Microbiota-related pathways for preterm birth

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305; Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304;
² Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305;
³ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305;
⁴ Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305; Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 relman@stanford.edu.

Comment

Daniel B DiGiulio et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015.

. 2015 Nov 24;112(47):E6415.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517939112. Epub 2015 Oct 29.

¹ Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305; Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304;
² Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305;
³ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305;
⁴ Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305; Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 relman@stanford.edu.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Temporal and spatial variation of the human microbiota during pregnancy.
DiGiulio DB, Callahan BJ, McMurdie PJ, Costello EK, Lyell DJ, Robaczewska A, Sun CL, Goltsman DS, Wong RJ, Shaw G, Stevenson DK, Holmes SP, Relman DA. DiGiulio DB, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Sep 1;112(35):11060-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1502875112. Epub 2015 Aug 17. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26283357 Free PMC article.
Vaginal microbiota during pregnancy: Pathways of risk of preterm delivery in the absence of intrauterine infection?
Keelan JA, Payne MS. Keelan JA, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Nov 24;112(47):E6414. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517346112. Epub 2015 Oct 29. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26515092 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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