MicrobiologymSpherePeer-reviewed
Type 2 diabetes mellitus exacerbates vaginal group B Streptococcus colonization via impaired mucosal cytokine response
Clare M. Robertson, Vicki Mercado-Evans, Addison B. Larson…·Kathryn A. Patras
This study shows that type 2 diabetes increases susceptibility to vaginal group B Streptococcus colonization through impaired cytokine responses, not via glucose availability or microbiome changes.
DOI 10.1128/msphere.00027-26