title: [Transcervical vs. transabdominal amniocentesis in the bacterial evaluation of the amniotic fluid].
abstract: The authors compare the results of bacteriological research on amniotic fluid by transcervical and trans-abdominal amniocentesis. Eighty women at term of their pregnancy, scheduled for cesarean section, underwent a bacteriological vaginal test and a trans-cervical amniocentesis before and a trans-abdominal amniocentesis during cesarean section. The results obtained from both specimens of the amniotic fluid were the same in 90% of the cases. A negative bacteriological result of trans-cervical amniocentesis excluded a positive result of trans-abdominal amniocentesis. Instead, when a positive bacteriological result was obtained in trans-cervical amniocentesis, trans-abdominal amniocentesis gave a positive result in only 60% of the cases. We conclude that trans-cervical amniocentesis, besides being less dangerous, easy to perform and easily repeated, is sufficiently secure and reliable in bacteriological results as compared with trans-abdominal amniocentesis.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ginecologia e Ostetricia, Ospedale S. Anna, Torino.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lauricella
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Grandis
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Calleri
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Latino
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis / Q000379:methods*; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: L'amniocentesi per via trans-cervicale versus l'amniocentesi per via trans-addominale nella valutazione batteriologica del liquido amniotico.