Bacteria localization and chorion thinning among preterm premature rupture of membranes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fortner, Kimberly B ^a   Grotegut, Chad A ^b   Ransom, Carla E ^a   Bentley, Rex C ^c   Feng, Liping ^b   Lan, Lan ^c   Heine, R Phillips ^b   Seed, Patrick C ^c   Murtha, Amy P ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION; CHORION THINNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR;

ADULT; AMNION; BACTERIA; CHORION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897400175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083338     Document Type: Article

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