Results of histological examinations of afterbirth and other parameters of threatening infection in newborns at high risk of infection.
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.
Maszkiewicz
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Department of Pathoneonatology, Province Hospital, Wrocław, Poland.
Rzeszutko-Adamiczka
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Kaliński
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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