Value of endocervical Ureaplasma species colonization as a marker of preterm delivery

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 119-123

  Bosquet, Eduardo González ^a,b   Gené, Amadeu ^a   Ferrer, Imma ^a   Borrás, Miquel ^a   Lailla, Josep M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Preterm delivery; Preterm labor; Ureaplasma species

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; VAGINA;

EID: 33645685230     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089457     Document Type: Article

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