Relationship between the effects of antibiotics treatment and the concentrations of polymorphonuclear elastase, interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 in amniotic fluid in patients with chorioamnionitis

Acta Obstetrica et Gynaecologica Japonica

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1091-1098

  Tsuda, Akira ^a   Hirano, Hideto ^a   Isobe, Kyoetsu ^b   Ikegami, Toshiya ^c   Ogawa, Masaki ^a   Tanaka, Toshinobu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yokote Public Hospital   (Japan)

^c Yamamoto Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics (IPM CS); Chorioamnionitis; Interleukin 6 (IL 6); Interleukin 8 (IL 8); Polymorphonuclear elastase

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; ELASTASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031461450     PISSN: 03009165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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