Preterm birth due to maternal infection: Causative pathogens and modes of prevention

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 562-569

  Pararas, M V ^a   Skevaki, C L ^a   Kafetzis, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIURIA; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 33748609380     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0190-3     Document Type: Review

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