High vaginal concentrations of atopobium vaginae and gardnerella vaginalis in women undergoing preterm labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-140

  Menard, Jean Pierre ^a   Mazouni, Chafika ^a   Salem Cherif, Inesse ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Boubli, Léon ^a   Gamerre, Marc ^a   Bretelle, Florence ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPODIUM VAGINAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINITIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; VAGINA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 74049128981     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181c391d7     Document Type: Article

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