Microbial prevalence, diversity and abundance in amniotic fluid during preterm labor: A molecular and culture-based investigation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  DiGiulio, Daniel B ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^c,d   Amogan, Harold P ^b   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^c,d   Bik, Elisabeth M ^b,e   Gotsch, Francesca ^c   Kim, Chong Jai ^c,d   Erez, Offer ^c,d   Edwin, Sam ^c   Relman, David A ^a,b,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOTRICHIA AMNIONII; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA SEQUENCE; SNEATHIA SANGUINEGENS; AMNION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LEPTOTRICHIA AMNIONII; SNEATHIA SANGUINEGENS;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52649117166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003056     Document Type: Article

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