Diagnostic value of the matrix metalloproteinase-8 rapid test for detecting microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1257-1260

  Lee, S J ^a   Won, H S ^a   Kim, M N ^a   Lee, P R ^a   Shim, J Y ^a   Kim, A ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE;

AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 8; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56349139927     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0566-7     Document Type: Article

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