Diversity and Richness of Cervical microbiota Associated to asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection: a Pilot Study.

C. trachomatis genital infection continue to be an important public health problem worldwide because of its increasing incidence. C. trachomatis infection leads to severe sequelae, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, obstructive infertility as well as miscarriage and preterm birth.Recently, it has been suggested that the cervico-vaginal microbiota may be an important defense factor towards C. trachomatis infection as well as the development of chronic sequelae. Therefore, the definition of microbial profiles associated to C. trachomatis infection is of the utmost importance. Here we present a pilot study aiming to characterize, through the metagenomic analysis of sequenced 16s rRNA gene amplicons, the cervico-vaginal microbiota from reproductive age women positive to C. trachomatis genital infection.