The diagnostic and prognostic value of amniotic fluid white blood cell count, glucose, interleukin-6, and Gram stain in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 805-816

  Romero, Roberto ^a,b,h   Yoon, Bo Hyun ^c   Mazor, Moshe ^d   Gomez, Ricardo ^a,b,h   Diamond, Michael P ^e   Kenney, John S ^f   Ramirez, Marcelo ^a,b,h   Fidel, Paul L ^a,b   Sorokin, Yoram ^a,b   Cotton, David ^a,b   Sehgal, Pravinkumar ^g  

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

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

amniocentesis; amniotic fluid; cytokines; glucose; interleukin 6; parturition; perinatal morbidity; Preterm labor; white blood cell count

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES; GENTIAN VIOLET; GLUCOSE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-6; LABOR, PREMATURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORBIDITY; PHENAZINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027441704     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90009-8     Document Type: Article

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