Relationship between vaginal microbial dysbiosis, inflammation, and pregnancy outcomes in cervical cerclage

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 350, 2016, Pages 350ra102-

  Kindinger, Lindsay M ^a,b   MacIntyre, David A ^a   Lee, Yun S ^a   Marchesi, Julian R ^a,c   Smith, Ann ^c   McDonald, Julie A K ^a   Terzidou, Vasso ^a,b   Cook, Joanna R ^a   Lees, Christoph ^a,b,d   Israfil Bayli, Fidan ^e   Faiza, Yazmin ^f   Toozs Hobson, Philip ^e   Slack, Mark ^f   Cacciatore, Stefano ^a   Holmes, Elaine ^a   Nicholson, Jeremy K ^a   Teoh, T G ^b   Bennett, Phillip R ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOFILAMENT SUTURE; MULTIFILAMENT BRAIDED SUTURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE MEMORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUTURE; TISSUE REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINA;

ADULT; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CYTOKINES; DYSBIOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINA;

EID: 84982065471     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aag1026     Document Type: Article

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