Mycoplasmas in pregnancy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-174

  Taylor Robinson, D ^a   Lamont, R F ^b,c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Hutzel Hospital ^*

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

Author keywords

Genital mycoplasmas; pregnancy outcome; treatment.

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; ROXITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

AMNIONITIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UREAPLASMA; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 78650378423     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02766.x     Document Type: Review

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