Daniel DiGiulio
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Microbial prevalence, diversity and abundance in amniotic fluid during preterm labor: a molecular and culture-based investigation.
PLoS One. 2008; (8): e3056
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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