Can oral bacteria cause pregnancy complications?

Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-404

  Han, Yiping Weng ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; animal model; Fusobacterium nulceatum; inflammation; intrauterine infection; oral bacteria; placenta; pregnancy; pregnancy associated gingivitis; preterm birth; stillbirth; uncultivated bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BERGEYELLA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MICROFLORA; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TREND STUDY;

DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOUTH; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79960938266     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.11.37     Document Type: Review

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