Assessing the relationship between preterm delivery and various microorganisms recovered from the lower genital tract

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 357-363

  Edwards, Rodney ^a   Ferguson, Ronald ^a   Reyes, Leticia ^b   Brown, Mary ^b   Theriaque, Douglas ^a   Duff, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Mycoplasma genitalium; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FETUS; GARDNERELLA; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UREAPLASMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33745726379     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207170600712071     Document Type: Article

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