Reply: Non-transparent and insufficient descriptions of non-validated microbiome methods and related reproductive outcome results should be interpreted with caution

R Koedooder¹, S Schoenmakers², A E Budding^{3

4}, J S E Laven¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Division Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ IS-Diagnostics Ltd, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Science Park 106, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Comment

R Koedooder et al. Hum Reprod. 2019.

. 2019 Oct 2;34(10):2084-2086.

doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez168.

R Koedooder¹, S Schoenmakers², A E Budding^{3

4}, J S E Laven¹

¹ Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Division Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ IS-Diagnostics Ltd, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Science Park 106, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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The vaginal microbiome as a predictor for outcome of in vitro fertilization with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a prospective study.
Koedooder R, Singer M, Schoenmakers S, Savelkoul PHM, Morré SA, de Jonge JD, Poort L, Cuypers WJSS, Beckers NGM, Broekmans FJM, Cohlen BJ, den Hartog JE, Fleischer K, Lambalk CB, Smeenk JMJS, Budding AE, Laven JSE. Koedooder R, et al. Hum Reprod. 2019 Jun 4;34(6):1042-1054. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez065. Hum Reprod. 2019. PMID: 31119299
Non-transparent and insufficient descriptions of non-validated microbiome methods and related reproductive outcome results should be interpreted with caution.
Haahr T, Humaidan P, Jensen JS. Haahr T, et al. Hum Reprod. 2019 Oct 2;34(10):2083-2084. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez167. Hum Reprod. 2019. PMID: 31577029 No abstract available.

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