The placental membrane microbiome is altered among subjects with spontaneous preterm birth with and without chorioamnionitis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 627.e1-627.e16

  Prince, Amanda L ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Kannan, Paranthaman S ^b   Alvarez, Manuel ^b   Gisslen, Tate ^b   Harris, R Alan ^a   Sweeney, Emma L ^c   Knox, Christine L ^c   Lambers, Donna S ^d   Jobe, Alan H ^b   Chougnet, Claire A ^b   Kallapur, Suhas G ^b   Aagaard, Kjersti M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; funisitis; microbiome; preterm birth; whole genome shotgun metagenomics

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; SIDEROPHORE; BACTERIAL DNA; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RIBOFLAVIN;

AMNION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMENSAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNISITIS; FUSOBACTERIUM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOPLASMA; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PLACENTAL MEMBRANE MICROBIOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UREAPLASMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERM BIRTH;

BUTYRATES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOTA; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RIBOFLAVIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84962524929     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.01.193     Document Type: Article

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