Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity in midtrimester pregnancies using molecular microbiology

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 71.e1-71.e5

  Rowlands, Shelley ^a,b   Danielewski, Jennifer A ^c   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^b,c   Walker, Susan P ^b,d   Garland, Suzanne M ^b,c  

^a Epworth Freemasons Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; chorioamnionitis; fungi; intraamniotic infection; midtrimester; molecular microbiology; mycoplasma; preterm birth; sterile biological fluid; ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; REAGENT; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREMATURITY; UREAPLASMA;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; AUSTRALIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 85017378028     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.02.051     Document Type: Article

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