The Alabama Preterm Birth Study: Umbilical cord blood Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis cultures in very preterm newborn infants

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43.e1-43.e5

  Goldenberg, Robert L ^a   Andrews, William W ^b   Goepfert, Alice R ^b   Faye Petersen, Ona ^c   Cliver, Suzanne P ^b   Carlo, Waldemar A ^c   Hauth, John C ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Mycoplasma hominis; neonatal outcome; neonatal systemic inflammatory response syndrome; placental histology; preterm birth; umbilical cord blood; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 37349097291     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.07.033     Document Type: Article

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