The effect of antibiotic therapy on intrauterine infection-induced preterm parturition in rabbits

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-64

  Fidel, P ^a   Ghezzi, F ^b   Romero, R ^c,f   Chaiworapongsa, T ^c   Espinoza, J ^c   Cutright, J ^d   Wolf, N ^d   Gomez, R ^e  

^a LA State University Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^f HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Birth weight; Infection; Preterm birth; Rabbit; Systemic temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HYSTEROSCOPE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INOCULATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHOSPHATE BALANCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECORDER; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME PERCEPTION; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0038235800     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/jmf.14.1.57.64     Document Type: Article

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