Identification of a gene in Mycoplasma hominis associated with preterm birth and microbial burden in intraamniotic infection

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 779.e1-779.e13

  Allen Daniels, Matthew Josiah ^a   Serrano, Myrna G ^a   Pflugner, Lindsey P ^a   Fettweis, Jennifer M ^a   Prestosa, Melissa A ^a   Koparde, Vishal N ^a   Brooks, J Paul ^a   Strauss, Jerome F ^a   Romero, Roberto ^b   Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^b   Eschenbach, David A ^c   Buck, Gregory A ^a   Jefferson, Kimberly K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; genital mycoplasmas; genome sequencing; microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity; pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

LOCATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; LOCATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIKE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TYPE STRAIN; YOUNG ADULT; AMNION; AMNION FLUID; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931561323     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.01.032     Document Type: Article

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