In this study, 172 HPV-positive patients were enrolled, of which 103 were diagnosed with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) and 69 with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL). Vaginal secretions from 90 (60 with HSIL and 30 with LSIL) of these patients were collected in 8...
The pregnancy vaginal microbiome contributes to risk of preterm birth, the primary cause of death in children under 5 years of age. Here we describe direct on-swab metabolic profiling by Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (DESI-MS) for sample preparation-free characterisation of...