Amniotic fluid infection, inflammation, and colonization in preterm labor with intact membranes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Andrew Combs, C ^a,b   Gravett, Michael ^c   Garite, Thomas J ^a   Hickok, Durlin E ^d   Lapidus, Jodi ^e   Porreco, Richard ^f   Rael, Julie ^a,f   Grove, Thomas ^d   Morgan, Terry K ^e   Clewell, William ^g   Miller, Hugh ^h   Luthy, David ⁱ   Pereira, Leonardo ^e   Nageotte, Michael ^j   Robilio, Peter A ^c   Fortunato, Stephen ^k   Simhan, Hyagriv ^l   Baxter, Jason K ^m   Amon, Erol ⁿ   Franco, Albert ^o   Trofatter, Kenneth ^p   Heyborne, Kent ^f   more..

^a Obstetrix Medical Group   (United States)

^b Obstetrix Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Proteogenix Inc   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Obstetrix Medical Group of Colorado   (United States)

^g Phoenix Perinatal Associates   (United States)

^h Obstetrix Medical Group of Arizona   (United States)

ⁱ Obstetrix Med Group of Washington   (United States)

^j Obstetrix Medical Group   (United States)

^k Perinatal Research Group   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^m THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p System University Medical Center   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; intraamniotic infection; intraamniotic inflammation; microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity; morbidity; preterm birth; preterm labor

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL INVASION OF THE AMNIOTIC CAVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84893659120     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.11.032     Document Type: Article

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