Two patients with premature labour associated with Mycoplasma hominis infection

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-182

  Shimada, M ^a   Kotani, T ^a   Sameshima, H ^a   Nagamine, Y ^a   Kodama, Y ^a   Ikenoue, T ^a   Kenri, T ^b   Sasaki, T ^b   Ohtaki, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTIAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0031965388     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-2-179     Document Type: Article

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