Mycoplasma, bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria BVAB3, race, and risk of preterm birth in a high-risk cohort

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 226.e1-226.e7

  Foxman, Betsy ^a   Wen, Ai ^a   Srinivasan, Usha ^a   Goldberg, Deborah ^b   Marrs, Carl F ^a   Owen, John ^c   Wing, Deborah A ^d   Misra, Dawn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; genital tract infection; preterm birth; vaginal bacterial taxa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAM STAINING; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK REDUCTION; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; PRETERM BIRTH; VAGINAL BACTERIAL TAXA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOBILUNCUS; MYCOPLASMA; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84896736949     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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