Table 1. Main characteristics of the works selected for this study.
Year Country Bacteria Detection methods Outcome Reference
1985 USA Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Enterobacter sp. and Pseudomonas sp. Microbiological culture medium Postpartum endometritis Gibbs et al. (1985)
1985 Finland Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Streptococcus agalactiae Microbiological culture medium Salpingitis Paavonen et al. (1985)
1986 USA Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus sp., Enterococcus sp., Gardnerella vaginalis, Escherichia coli, Enterobacteriaceae, Bacteroides bivius, Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus, Peptostreptococcus sp., Peptococcus sp., Bacteroides fragilis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, Chlamydia trachomatis, Streptococcus sanguis, Streptococcus constellatus, Streptococcus morbillorum and Staphylococcus aureus Postpartum fever Rosene et al. (1986)
1986 USA Staphylococcus sp., Lactobacillus sp., Streptococcus sp., Streptococcus sp., Enterobacteriaceae, Eubacterium sp., Peptococcus sp., Peptostreptococcus sp., Clostridium botulinum, Bacteroides sp., Fusobacterium sp. and Ureaplasma urealyticum Microbiological culture medium Longer hospital stay Williams et al. (1987)
1990 USA Clamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma sp., ureaplasma urealyticum, Enterococcus faecalis, Bacteroides bivius and Bacteroides fragilis - Martens et al. (1990)
1991 USA Streptococcus agalactiae and Enterococcus faecalis Microbiological culture medium, gram stain and gas-liquid chromatography Postpartum endometritis et al. (1991)
1992 USA Escherichia coli, Citrobacter sp., Enterococcus sp., Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Corynebacterium sp., Proteus mirabilis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter cloacae, Gardnerella vaginalis, Streptococcus viridans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Neisseria gonorrhoe and Chlamydia trachomatis Microbiological culture medium, gram stain and gas-liquid chromatography Postpartum endometritis Apuzzio et al. (1992)
1993 Wales Prevotella melaninogenica Microbiological culture medium Endometritis, salpingitis, tubo-ovarian and pelvic abscesses Duerden (1993)
1995 USA Ureaplasma urealyticum Microbiological culture medium Postpartum endometritis Andrews et al. (1995)
1996 USA Neisseria gonorrhoea, Chlamydia trachomatis and Prevotella bívia Microbiological culture medium Salpingitis Hillier et al. (1996)
1998 USA Neisseria gonorrhoea and Chlamydia trachomatis Microbiological culture medium Endometritis in the proliferative phase Korn et al. (1998)
1999 Finland Chlamydia trachomatis PCR - Paukku et al. (1999)
1999 Israel Mycoplasma sp. Microbiological culture medium Postpartum endometritis Sherman et al. (1999)
1999 Puerto Rico Streptococcus agalactiae and Escherichia coli Microbiological culture medium Postpartum endometritis and intra-amniotic infection Krohn et al. (1999)
2001 USA Chlamydia trachomatis PCR - Mount et al. (2001)
2002 Finland Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis Microbiological culture medium Severe abdominal pain and embryo implantation failures Eckert et al. (2002)
2002 USA Mycoplasma genitalium PCR Mild or moderate abdominal pain Cohen et al. (2002)
2003 Israel Ureaplasma urealyticum, Enterobacter sp., Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus sp., Enterococcus sp. and Proteus mirabilis Microbiological culture medium Premature birth Chaim et al. (2003)
2004 USA Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Gardnerella vaginalis, Prevotella bivia, Prevotella disiens, Prevotella buccalis, Prevotella buccae, Preveotella sp., Bacteroides ureolyticus, Bacteroides merdae, Bacteroides sp., Fusobacterium nucleatum, Fusobacterium sp., Veillonella sp., Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus, Peptostreptococcus magnus, Peptostreptococcus prevottii, Peptostreptococcus tetradius, Peptococcus niger and Peptostreptococcus sp. Microbiological culture medium Bacterial vaginosis Haggerty et al. (2004)
2006 USA Trichomonas vaginalis Microbiological culture medium and PCR Acute endometritis Cherpes et al. (2006)
2006 Germany Enterococcus sp. and Peptostreptococcus magnus Microbiological culture medium Xanthogranulomatous endometritis Noack et al. (2006)
2008 Switzerland Ureaplasma urealyticum, Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium Microbiological culture medium and PCR - Cicinelli et al. (2008)
2009 Switzerland Ureaplasma urealyticum Microbiological culture medium and PCR Endometritis Cicinelli et al. (2009)
2013 USA Escherichia coli and Enterococcus sp. Blood culture Endometritis, chorioamnionitis and urosepsis Cape et al. (2013)
2014 Italy Mycoplasma sp., Ureaplasma sp. and Chlamydia sp. Microbiological culture medium and PCR Recurrent miscarriage Cicinelli et al. (2014)
2014 Türkiye Mycoplasma sp. and Ureaplasma sp. MycoView - molecular test PCR-based Abnormal implantation of the placenta, placent previa and endometritis Aydogan et al. (2014)<
2015 Italy Mycoplasma sp. and Ureaplasma urealyticum Immunoassay and RT - PCR Impaired endometrial receptivity and implantation failure Cicinelli et al. (2015)
2016 USA Sneathia sanguinegens, Leptotrichia amnionii, Atopobium vaginae, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae PCR Bacterial vaginosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, subsequent infertility Haggerty et al. (2016)
2017 Belgium Leptotrichia amnionii PCR Postpartum endometritis Masschaele et al. (2018)
2018 Italy Enterobacteriaceae, Enterococcus sp., Streptococcus sp., Staphylococcus sp., Mycoplasma sp. and Ureaplasma sp. Molecular microbiology - Moreno et al. (2018)
2018 USA Chlamydia trachomatis e Neisseria gonorrhoeae PCR - et al. (2018)
2018 USA Mycoplasma genitalium PCR Endometritis and vaginal bacteremia Taylor et al. (2018)
2018 USA Chlamydia trachomatis Microbiological culture medium and PCR Premature birth, premature rupture of membranes, endometritis and intrauterine fetal death Olson-Chen et al. (2018)
2020 USA Trichomonas vaginalis Microscopy Persistent endometritis, infertility, recurrent Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), chronic pelvic pain, lower pregnancy and live birth rates Wiringa et al. (2020)
2021 Egypt and Kuwait Mycoplasmas hominis, Ureaplasma sp., Enterococcus faecalis, Chlamydia trachomatis, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus viridans, Streptococcus bovis, Staphylococcus Haemolyticus and Candida albicans Microbiological culture medium and staining immunohistochemistry Recurrent miscarriage Farghali et al. (2021)
2021 Spain Ralstonia sp. and Gardnerella sp. PCR - Lozano et al. (2021)
2021 China (Nanchang) Gardnerella sp. Sequencing new generation Implantation failure in IVF patients Chen et al. (2021)
2022 Japan Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus sp. Staphylococcus sp., Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma sp. and Mycobacterium sp. PCR - Kitaya et al. (2022)
2022 Japan Streptococcus sp., Enterococcus sp. and Atopobium sp. Sequencing new generation Unexplained infertility Tanaka et al. (2022)
2023 China Staphylococcus, Gardnerella, Atopobium, Streptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, Chlamydia, Fusobacterium, Acinetobacter, Lactobacillus uteri, Lactobacillus, Gardnerella, Bifidobacterium, Streptococcus, Argyromonas, Prevotella, Porphyromonas and Escherichia Pathological examination and 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing Infertility, Chronic endometritis and Endometrial polyps Liang et al. (2023)