Term and preterm labour are associated with distinct microbial community structures in placental membranes which are independent of mode of delivery

Placenta

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1099-1101

  Doyle, R M ^a   Alber, D G ^a   Jones, H E ^a   Harris, K ^c   Fitzgerald, F ^a   Peebles, D ^b   Klein, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; High throughput sequencing; Infection; Metagenetics; Placental membranes; Preterm labour

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AEROCOCCUS; AEROCOCCUS CHRISTENSENII; AMNION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GARDNERELLA; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; LABOR; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; UREAPLASMA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; TERM BIRTH;

AEROCOCCUS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84922401094     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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