Pyospermia and preterm, prelabor, rupture of membranes

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 528-531

  Kjaergaard, Niels ^a   Hansen, Dennis ^a   Hansen, Estrid Staehr ^a   Schoenheyder, Henrik Carl ^a   Uldbjerg, Niels ^a   Madsen, Hans ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM); Preterm; Pyospermia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROORGANISM; PLACENTA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPOUSE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

EID: 0030976373     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709024577     Document Type: Article

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