Placental Infection with Ureaplasma species is Associated with Histologic Chorioamnionitis and Adverse Outcomes in Moderately Preterm and Late-Preterm Infants

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1340-1347

  Sweeney, Emma L ^a   Kallapur, Suhas G ^b   Gisslen, Tate ^b   Lambers, Donna S ^c   Chougnet, Claire A ^d   Stephenson, Sally Anne ^a   Jobe, Alan H ^b   Knox, Christine L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Division of Neonatology   (United States)

^c Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; cord blood; cytokines; infection; placenta; pregnancy outcomes; preterm birth; Ureaplasma species

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UREAPLASMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964512272     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv587     Document Type: Article

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