Mycoplasma genitalium and preterm delivery at an urban community health center

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-57

  Averbach, Sarah H ^a,b   Hacker, Michele R ^a,b   Yiu, Timothy ^a   Modest, Anna Merport ^b   Dimitrakoff, Jordan ^a   Ricciotti, Hope A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma genitalium; Preterm delivery; Reproductive tract infections

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; PRETERM DELIVERY; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASSACHUSETTS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884202495     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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