The vaginal microbiome: New information about genital tract flora using molecular based techniques

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 533-549

  Lamont, R F ^a,b,c   Sobel, J D ^d   Akins, R A ^e   Hassan, S S ^a,b,c   Chaiworapongsa, T ^a,b,c   Kusanovic, J P ^a,b,c   Romeroa, R ^a,b,e  

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

^b DHHS   (United States)

^c Hutzel Hospital ^*  (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bacteria; Colonisation; Culture; Microbiome; Molecular; Vagina

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLOROFLEXI; CORIOBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MEGASPHAERA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; REVIEW; RNA GENE; STREPTOBACILLUS; SYMPTOM; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAGENOME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79952701966     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02840.x     Document Type: Review

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