Is amniotic fluid of women with uncomplicated term pregnancies free of bacteria?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 289.e1-289.e12

  Rehbinder, Eva Maria ^a,b   Lødrup Carlsen, Karin C ^a,b   Staff, Anne Cathrine ^a,b   Angell, Inga Leena ^c   Landrø, Linn ^b   Hilde, Katarina ^a,b   Gaustad, Peter ^a,d   Rudi, Knut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d Furst Medical Laboratory   (Norway)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; bacteria; fetus; microbiome; microbiota; placenta; sterile

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROPLET DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANGER SEQUENCING; VAGINA FLORA; AMNION FLUID; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABOR; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINA;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VAGINA;

EID: 85049786401     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.05.028     Document Type: Article

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