Intra-amniotic chlamydia trachomatis infection?

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-112

  Djukić, Slobodanka ^a   Nedeljković, Milena ^a   Pervulov, Miroslava ^b   Ljubić, Aleksandar ^b   Radunović, Nebojša ^b   Lazarević, Borislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Chlamydia trachomatis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029794260     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291911     Document Type: Article

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