High Atopobium vaginae and Gardnerella vaginalis vaginal loads are associated with preterm birth

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 860-867

  Bretelle, Florence ^a   Rozenberg, Patrick ^b   Pascal, Alain ^c   Favre, Romain ^d   Bohec, Caroline ^e   Loundou, Anderson ^a   Senat, Marie Victoire ^f   Aissi, Germain ^d   Lesavre, Nathalie ^a   Brunet, Julie ^a   Heckenroth, Hélène ^a   Luton, Dominique ^g   Raoult, Didier ^a   Fenollar, Florence ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Poissy St Germain en Laye   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

^d SIHCUS CMCO Centre Medico Chirurgical et Obstetrical   (France)

^e CIC   (France)

^f HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Atopobium vaginae; Bacterial vaginosis; Gardnerella vaginalis; Molecular biology; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DILUTION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUSPENSION; ACTINOBACTERIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; VAGINITIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; BACTERIAL LOAD; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84936081049     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu966     Document Type: Article

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