Microbiome profile of the amniotic fluid as a predictive biomarker of perinatal outcome

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Urushiyama, Daichi ^a,b   Suda, Wataru ^c,d   Ohnishi, Eriko ^a   Araki, Ryota ^b   Kiyoshima, Chihiro ^b   Kurakazu, Masamitsu ^b   Sanui, Ayako ^e   Yotsumoto, Fusanori ^b   Murata, Masaharu ^e   Nabeshima, Kazuki ^f   Yasunaga, Shin'ichiro ^b   Saito, Shigeru ^g   Nomiyama, Makoto ^h   Hattori, Masahira ^c,i   Miyamoto, Shingo ^b   Hata, Kenichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^h National Saga Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; BACTERIUM; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIOTA; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 85029765815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11699-8     Document Type: Article

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