A rapid interleukin-6 bedside test for the identification of intra-amniotic inflammation in preterm labor with intact membranes

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 349-359

  Chaemsaithong, Piya ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^a,c,d   Korzeniewski, Steven J ^a,b,d   Martinez Varea, Alicia ^a,b   Dong, Zhong ^a,b   Yoon, Bo Hyun ^e   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b   Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^a,b   Yeo, Lami ^a,b  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute chorioamnionitis; acute funisitis; biomarkers; ELISA; microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity; point of care test; prematurity; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION; AMNION FLUID; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL MYCOPLASMA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTRA AMNIOTIC INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PLACENTA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLETON PREGNANCY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952637061     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2015.1006620     Document Type: Article

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