Correlation between placental bacterial culture results and histological chorioamnionitis: A prospective study on 376 placentas

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-248

  Da Mota, Vanessa Queiros ^a   Prodhom, Guy ^b   Yan, Pu ^a   Hohlfheld, Patrick ^b   Greub, Gilbert ^b   Rouleau, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FETUS; FUNISITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84874663137     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201124     Document Type: Article

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