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Identification and Sequencing of Bacterial rDNAs in Culture-Negative Amniotic Fluid from Women in Premature Labor
1 Aug 2004
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Our objective was to identify bacterial species present in culture-negative but 16S rDNA-positive amniotic fluid samples from women in preterm labor. Amniotic fluid from 69 women in preterm labor was cultured and examined for the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6). Polymerase chain reaction technology was used to detect highly conserved bacterial ribosomal DNA sequences (16S rDNAs). As previously...
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