Bacterial aetiological agents of intra-amniotic infections and preterm birth in pregnant women

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Mendz, George L ^a   Kaakoush, Nadeem O ^b   Quinlivan, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intra uterine infection; Microbiome; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIA; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORBIDITY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84899037698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00058     Document Type: Article

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