Table 1.

Skewed microbial composition in oral, vaginal, and rectal compartments in normal versus gestational diabetes pregnancies.

Frequent genera were present in greater than 25% differential of women with either normal pregnancies or gestational diabetes. Exclusive genera were present in greater than 25% of subjects in only one group.

Oral Vaginal Rectal
Total Genera 275 112 673
Gestational Diabetes Frequent 13 5 25
Exclusive 5 5 3
Normal Frequent 8 2 15
Exclusive 4 2 8
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2012 April; 3(2): e0009. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2012 April 30. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10076.