Absence of viruses in amniotic fluid of women with PPROM: A case series

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 79-83

  Naresh, Amber ^a   Simhan, Hyagriv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Inflammation; PPROM; Viral infection; Virus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA ISOLATION; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; MEDICAL RECORD; METRITIS; PARITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VIRUS GENE; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872410842     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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