Evidence of maternal-fetal transmission of Parachlamydia acanthamoebae

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-121

  Baud, David ^a,b   Goy, Genevieve ^a   Gerber, Stefan ^b   Vial, Yvan ^b   Hohlfeld, Patrick ^b   Greub, Gilbert ^a,b  

^a Institute of Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOST; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBA; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIALES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 58849135876     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.080911     Document Type: Letter

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