Colonization of the upper genital tract by vaginal bacterial species in nonpregnant women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 611.e1-611.e9

  Mitchell, Caroline M ^a   Haick, Anoria ^a   Nkwopara, Evangelyn ^a   Garcia, Rochelle ^a   Rendi, Mara ^a   Agnew, Kathy ^a   Fredricks, David N ^b   Eschenbach, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometritis endometrium; intrauterine bacteria; microbiota sterile; reproductive tract; tract infection; upper genital; uterine cavity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CATHELICIDIN; DEFENSIN; ELAFIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; LEPTOTRICHIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGASPHAERA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; ACTINOBACTERIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE DISEASES; VAGINA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CERVIX UTERI; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LACTOBACILLUS; LEPTOTRICHIA; MEGASPHAERA; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVOTELLA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UTERINE DISEASES; VAGINA;

EID: 84928824181     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.11.043     Document Type: Article

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