Polymicrobial Amniotic Fluid Infection with Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma and Other Bacteria Induces Severe Intra-Amniotic Inflammation Associated with Poor Perinatal Prognosis in Preterm Labor

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 112-125

  Yoneda, Noriko ^a   Yoneda, Satoshi ^a   Niimi, Hideki ^b   Ueno, Tomohiro ^b   Hayashi, Shirou ^b   Ito, Mika ^a   Shiozaki, Arihiro ^a   Urushiyama, Daichi ^c,d   Hata, Kenichiro ^c   Suda, Wataru ^e   Hattori, Masahira ^e,f   Kigawa, Mika ^a   Kitajima, Isao ^b   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eukaryote made thermostable DNA polymerase; Intra amniotic infection; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymicrobial infection; Preterm labor; Ureaplasma spp

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; INTERLEUKIN 8; BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERINFECTION; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; ADULT; BACTERIUM; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FUNGUS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOSIS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYCOSES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956780858     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12456     Document Type: Article

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