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SUBMITTER: Komesu YM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6295358 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International urogynecology journal 20180616 12
<h4>Introduction & hypothesis</h4>Previous studies have suggested that women with urinary incontinence have an altered urinary microbiome. We hypothesized that the microbiome in women with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) differed from controls and tested this hypothesis using bacterial gene sequencing techniques.<h4>Methods</h4>This multicenter study compared the urinary microbiome in women with MUI and similarly aged controls. Catheterized urine samples were obtained; v4-6 regions of the 16S r ...[more]