| Title |
Microbial Prevalence, Diversity and Abundance in Amniotic Fluid During Preterm Labor: A Molecular and Culture-Based Investigation
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0003056 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Daniel B. DiGiulio, Roberto Romero, Harold P. Amogan, Juan Pedro Kusanovic, Elisabeth M. Bik, Francesca Gotsch, Chong Jai Kim, Offer Erez, Sam Edwin, David A. Relman |
| Abstract |
Preterm delivery causes substantial neonatal mortality and morbidity. Unrecognized intra-amniotic infections caused by cultivation-resistant microbes may play a role. Molecular methods can detect, characterize and quantify microbes independently of traditional culture techniques. However, molecular studies that define the diversity and abundance of microbes invading the amniotic cavity, and evaluate their clinical significance within a causal framework, are lacking. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 6 | 43% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Chile | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 9 | 64% |
| Scientists | 4 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
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| United States | 9 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Brazil | 3 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | <1% |
| Unknown | 496 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 80 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 75 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 71 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 52 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 41 | 8% |
| Other | 101 | 19% |
| Unknown | 101 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 137 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 110 | 21% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 51 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 36 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 2% |
| Other | 59 | 11% |
| Unknown | 117 | 22% |