Lee, Youngkyoung
Seo, Hoonhee
Kim, Sukyung
Rahim, MD Abdur
Yoon, Youjin
Jung, Jehee
Lee, Saebim
Beom Ryu, Chang
Song, Ho-Yeon
Article History
Received: 23 June 2021
Revised: 23 September 2021
Accepted: 29 September 2021
First Online: 1 November 2021
Ethical Statements
: Female vaginal fluid sampling was conducted in the obstetrics and gynecology department at Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital under the Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital (eIRB) Ethics Committee (IRB No. 2019- 10-017-005).
: The experiment using <i>M. tuberculosis</i> was conducted at Soonchunhyang University Animal Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory (ABSL-3, KDCA-20-3-04).
: Following the drug safety evaluation test guidelines provided by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Notice No. 2015-82), this experiment was performed at Soonchunhyang University ABSL-2 facility (LML 20-591). The animal study protocol was reviewed and approved by Soonchunhyang Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) (Approval number: SCH21-0017).
: The fecal sample SHIME experimental method was reviewed and approved by the ethical committee of Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Korea (IRB No. 2021-03-012-001).