Bacteriology of Amniotic Fluid in Women With Suspected Cervical Insufficiency

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 882-887

  Bujold, Emmanuel ^a,b   Morency, Anne Maude ^b   Rallu, Fabien ^b   Ferland, Suzanne ^a   Tétu, Amélie ^a   Duperron, Louise ^b   Audibert, François ^b   Laferrière, Céline ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Cerclage; Cervical insufficiency; Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC); Microbiology; Pregnancy; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ADULT; AMNION FLUID; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 59649095286     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32967-X     Document Type: Article

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