Bacterial communities found in placental tissues are associated with severe chorioamnionitis and adverse birth outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Doyle, Ronan M ^a,b   Harris, Kathryn ^b   Kamiza, Steve ^c   Harjunmaa, Ulla ^d   Ashorn, Ulla ^d   Nkhoma, Minyanga ^d   Dewey, Kathryn G ^e   Maleta, Kenneth ^c   Ashorn, Per ^d,f   Klein, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 85023170019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180167     Document Type: Article

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