Cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus is not associated with fecundability in Kenyan women attempting to conceive

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 117; no. 3; pp. 603 - 611
• Main Authors: Lokken, Erica M., Jisuvei, Clayton, Hughes, James P., Mandaliya, Kishor, Manhart, Lisa E., Mwinyikai, Khamis, Muller, Charles H., Jaoko, Walter, Kinuthia, John, McClelland, R. Scott
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Adult; Cohort Studies; fecundability; Female; fertility; Fertility - physiology; Fertilization - physiology; Humans; Kenya - epidemiology; Lactobacillus; Lactobacillus - isolation & purification; Middle Aged; preconception; Preconception Care - methods; Preconception Care - trends; Pregnancy; Prospective Studies; Time-to-Pregnancy - physiology; Vagina - microbiology; vaginal microbiota; Young Adult; Kenya; fecundability; vaginal microbiota; preconception; fertility; Lactobacillus

To examine the association between cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus and fecundability in Kenyan women attempting nonmedically assisted conception. Prospective preconception cohort. Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya. Women trying to conceive who reported ≤3 months of pre-enrollment conception attempt time....