A comparative study of the diagnostic performance of amniotic fluid glucose, white blood cell count, interleukin-6, and Gram stain in the detection of microbial invasion in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 839-851

  Romero, Roberto ^a,f   Yoon, Bo Hyun ^b   Mazor, Moshe ^c   Gomez, Ricardo ^a,f   Gonzalez, Rogelio ^a,f   Diamond, Michael P ^d   Baumann, Peter ^a,f   Araneda, Heriberto ^a,f   Kenney, John S ^c   Cotton, David B ^a   Sehgal, Pravinkumar ^e  

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

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; cytokines; glucose concentration; Gram stain; Interleukin 6; preterm labor; preterm premature rupture of membranes; white blood cell count

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FETUS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GENTIAN VIOLET; GLUCOSE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTERLEUKIN-6; LABOR, PREMATURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORBIDITY; PHENAZINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027443961     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90014-A     Document Type: Article

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