The impact of the microbial load of genital mycoplasmas and gestational age on the intensity of intraamniotic inflammation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 342.e1-342.e8

  Kacerovsky, Marian ^a,e   Pliskova, Lenka ^a,b   Bolehovska, Radka ^a,b   Skogstrand, Kristin ^c   Hougaard, David M ^c   Tsiartas, Panagiotis ^d   Jacobsson, Bo ^e,f  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d Papageorgiou University Hospital   (Greece)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; molecular microbiology; threshold cycle; ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE B; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPTIN; LYMPHOTOXIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 84859422743     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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