Oral clindamycin and histologic chorioamnionitis in women with abnormal vaginal flora

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 863-868

  Ugwumadu, Austin ^a   Reid, Fiona ^b   Hay, Phillip ^b   Manyonda, Isaac ^b   Jeffrey, Iona ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; FIBRIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UMBILICAL CORD; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINDAMYCIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33646075727     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000202399.13074.98     Document Type: Article

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