Infection and labor. VII. Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity in spontaneous rupture of membranes at term

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 166, Issue 1 PART 1, 1992, Pages 129-133

  Romero, Roberto ^a,b   Mazor, Moshe ^a   Morrotti, Rafaella ^a   Avila, Cecilia ^a   Oyarzun, Enrique ^a   Insunza, Alvaro ^a   Parra, Manuel ^a   Behnke, Ernesto ^a   Montiel, Francisco ^a   Cassell, Gail H ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; chorioamnionitis; Gram stain; intraamniotic infection; limulus amebocyte lysate; Rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0026586218     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(92)91845-2     Document Type: Article

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