Vaginal Microbiota in Pregnancy: Evaluation Based on Vaginal Flora, Birth Outcome, and Race

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 401-408

  Subramaniam, Akila ^a   Kumar, Ranjit ^b   Cliver, Suzanne P ^a   Zhi, Degui ^c   Szychowski, Jeff M ^a,c   Abramovici, Adi ^a   Biggio, Joseph R ^a   Lefkowitz, Elliot J ^b,d   Morrow, Casey ^e   Edwards, Rodney K ^a  

^a Center for Women's Reproductive Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; birth timing; pregnancy; race; vaginal microbiome

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; DNA EXTRACTION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGASPHAERA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOBILUNCUS; NUGENT CRITERIA; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; TAXONOMY; TERM BIRTH; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; DNA SEQUENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PREGNANCY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946943823     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1565919     Document Type: Article

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