The common vaginal commensal bacterium Ureaplasma parvum is associated with chorioamnionitis in extreme preterm labor

New assay for Gardnerella vaginalis loads correlates with Nugent scores and has potential in the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis

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The vaginal microbiome, vaginal anti-microbial defence mechanisms and the clinical challenge of reducing infection-related preterm birth

(2014) SS Witkin   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Treatment of genital mycoplasma in colonized pregnant women in late pregnancy is associated with a lower rate of premature labour and neonatal complications

(2014) M. Vouga et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Anaerobes and Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy: Virulence Factors Contributing to Vaginal Colonisation

(2014) Charlene Africa et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Group B Streptococcal Infection of the Choriodecidua Induces Dysfunction of the Cytokeratin Network in Amniotic Epithelium: A Pathway to Membrane Weakening

(2014) Jeroen P. Vanderhoeven et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Group B Streptococcus Engages an Inhibitory Siglec through Sialic Acid Mimicry to Blunt Innate Immune and Inflammatory Responses In Vivo

(2014) Yung-Chi Chang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Comparison of the new Mycofast Revolution assay with a molecular assay for the detection of genital mycoplasmas from clinical specimens

(2013) Mathys J Redelinghuys et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Mycoplasma genitaliumand preterm delivery at an urban community health center

(2013) Sarah H. Averbach et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS

Co-infection with vaginalUreaplasma urealyticumandMycoplasma hominisincreases adverse pregnancy outcomes in patients with preterm labor or preterm premature rupture of membranes

(2013) Dong-Wook Kwak et al.   Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Identification, quantification and subtyping of Gardnerella vaginalis in noncultured clinical vaginal samples by quantitative PCR

(2013) S. V. Balashov et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Prevalence of Vaginal Microorganisms in Pregnant Women with Preterm Labor and Preterm Birth

(2012) Seong Jin Choi et al.   Annals of Laboratory Medicine

The microbial load with genital mycoplasmas correlates with the degree of histologic chorioamnionitis in preterm PROM

(2011) Marian Kacerovsky et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Modified Real-Time PCR for Detecting, Differentiating, and Quantifying Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum

(2011) Ellen Vancutsem et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Diversity of microbes in amniotic fluid

(2011) Daniel B. DiGiulio   Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Maternal Microbe-Specific Modulation of Inflammatory Response in Extremely Low-Gestational-Age Newborns

(2011) R. N. Fichorova et al.   mBio

Intraamniotic infection with genital mycoplasmas exhibits a more intense inflammatory response than intraamniotic infection with other microorganisms in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes

(2010) Kyung Joon Oh et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Group B Streptococcal Disease in Infants: Progress in Prevention and Continued Challenges

(2010) Jennifer R. Verani et al.   CLINICS IN PERINATOLOGY

The bacterial load of Ureaplasma parvum in amniotic fluid is correlated with an increased intrauterine inflammatory response

(2010) David C. Kasper et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Placental Features of Chorioamnionitis Colonized With Ureaplasma Species in Preterm Delivery

(2010) Fumihiko Namba et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum in pregnant women

(2009) Mehmet Refik Bayraktar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Real-time PCR detection of the mg219 gene of unknown function of Mycoplasma genitalium in men with and without non-gonococcal urethritis and their female partners in England

(2009) V. J. Chalker et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Pathogenesis of Chorioamnionitis

(2008) Armond S. Goldman et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Congenital and opportunistic infections: Ureaplasma species and Mycoplasma hominis

(2008) Ken B. Waites et al.   Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine