Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity at birth is associated with adverse short-term outcome of preterm infants

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-121

  Berger, Angelika ^a,b   Witt, Armin ^b   Haiden, Nadja ^a   Kretzer, Veronika ^a   Heinze, Georg ^a   Kohlhauser, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Chronic lung disease; Mortality; Outcome; Preterm infant; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0038405137     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2003.016     Document Type: Article

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