Cervical Ureaplasma urealyticum colonization: Comparison of PCR and culture for its detection and association with preterm birth

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-40

  Aaltonen, Riikka ^a   Jalava, Jari ^a   Laurikainen, Eija ^a   Kärkkäinen, Ulla ^a   Alanen, Anna ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CERVIX UTERI; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0036167644     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110077074     Document Type: Article

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