Lower genital tract swabs in the prediction of intrauterine infection in preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-59

  Carroll, S G ^a   Papaioannou, S ^a   Ntumazah, I L ^a   Philpott Howard, J ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; PREDICTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREAPLASMA;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030030125     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09515.x     Document Type: Article

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