Prevalence and Diversity of Microbes in the Amniotic Fluid, the Fetal Inflammatory Response, and Pregnancy Outcome in Women with Preterm Pre‐Labor Rupture of Membranes

B. DiGiulio, Daniel; Romero, Roberto; Pedro Kusanovic, Juan; Gómez, Ricardo; Jai Kim, Chong; S. Seok, Kimberley; Gotsch, Francesca; Mazaki‐Tovi, Shali; Vaisbuch, Edi; Sanders, Katherine; M. Bik, Elisabeth; Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn; Oyarzún, E; A. Relman, David

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00830.x

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Prevalence and Diversity of Microbes in the Amniotic Fluid, the Fetal Inflammatory Response, and Pregnancy Outcome in Women with Preterm Pre‐Labor Rupture of Membranes

Published in American Journal of Reproductive Immunology • Mar 22, 2010

Authors:

Daniel B. DiGiulio

Roberto Romero

Juan Pedro Kusanovic

Abstract

PROBLEM: The role played by microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC) in preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes (pPROM) is inadequately characterized, in part because of reliance on cultivation-based methods. METHOD OF STUDY: Amniotic fluid from 204 subjects with pPROM was analyzed with both ...

Subject

Amniotic fluid

Biology

Chorioamnionitis

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