Association of Ureaplasma urealyticum biovars with clinical outcome for neonates, obstetric patients, and gynecological patients with pelvic inflammatory disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1199-1202

  Abele Horn, Marianne ^a   Wolff, Christine ^b   Dressel, Petra ^c   Pfaff, Friederike ^a   Zimmermann, Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b City Hospital   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0030981419     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1199-1202.1997     Document Type: Article

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