title: Results of histological examinations of afterbirth and other parameters of threatening infection in newborns at high risk of infection.
abstract: The studied material comprised 72 newborns at risk of infection. In the afterbirth of these newborns histological examination demonstrated leucocytic infiltrations in 31.9% of cases. In the studied material Gram-positive flora prevailed. In the group of children with the presence of leucocytic infiltrations in the afterbirth bacteremia, left-shift in the differential blood cell count and reduced platelet count were more frequent. The course of the adaptation period was disturbed in a greater number of these babies, and infection became manifest earlier and more frequently. Demonstration of leucocytic infiltrations in the afterbirth of infected newborns is an evidence of intrauterine infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathoneonatology, Province Hospital, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maszkiewicz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rzeszutko-Adamiczka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaliński
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk