Bacterial vaginosis and adverse outcomes among full-term infants: A cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Dingens, Adam S ^a,b   Fairfortune, Tessa S ^a   Reed, Susan ^a,b,c   Mitchell, Caroline ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse neonatal outcomes; Bacterial vaginosis; Neonatal sepsis; Term

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BLACK PERSON; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MECONIUM; MEDICAL RECORD; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINITIS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995676719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1073-y     Document Type: Article

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