{"paper_id":"f58cf9e3-54e0-4fbc-a261-3ece73b3b11c","body_text":"References\nYuan W, Wu Y, Chai X, Wu X (2022) The colonized microbiota composition in the peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis. Arch Gynecol Obstet. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-021-06338-7\nHuang L, Liu B, Liu Z, Feng W, Liu M, Wang Y (2021) Gut microbiota exceeds cervical microbiota for early diagnosis of endometriosis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 11:788836\nSalliss ME, Farland LV, Mahnert ND, Herbst-Kralovetz MM (2021) The role of gut and genital microbiota and the estrobolome in endometriosis, infertility and chronic pelvic pain. Hum Reprod Update 28:92–131\nKhan KN, Fujishita A, Hiraki K, Kitajima M, Nakashima M, Fushiki S et al (2018) Bacterial contamination hypothesis: a new concept in endometriosis. Reprod Med Biol 17:125–133\nDoroftei B, Ilie OD, Balmus IM, Ciobica A, Maftei R, Scripcariu I et al (2021) Molecular and clinical insights on the complex interaction between oxidative stress, apoptosis, and endobiota in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Diagnostics (Basel) 11:1434\nJiang I, Yong PJ, Allaire C, Bedaiwy MA (2021) Intricate connections between the microbiota and endometriosis. Int J Mol Sci 22:5644\nFunding\nNone.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nContributions\nCI: project development, data collection, manuscript writing, manuscript editing. NV: project development, data collection, manuscript writing. IDG: project development, data collection, manuscript writing, manuscript editing.\nCorresponding author\nEthics declarations\nConflict of interest\nChristos Iavazzo declares that he has no conflict of interest. Evelyn Eleni Minis declares that she has no conflict of interest. Ioannis D. Gkegkes declares that he has no conflict of interest. Also, the authors have full control of all primary data and agree to allow the Journal to review their data if requested.\nEthical approval\nThis article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.\nAdditional information\nPublisher's Note\nSpringer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.\nRights and permissions\nAbout this article\nCite this article\nIavazzo, C., Vrachnis, N. & Gkegkes, I.D. Peritoneal bacteria contamination and endometriosis pathogenesis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 307, 221–222 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06467-7\nReceived:\nAccepted:\nPublished:\nVersion of record:\nIssue date:\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06467-7","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}