title: Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with second-trimester chorioamnionitis. A case report.
abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae is found rarely in the normal vaginal flora but appeared to be the cause of chorioamnionitis and premature rupture of the membranes in a 16-week gestation. Both S pneumoniae and Ureaplasma urealyticum were recovered from cervical specimens, but only the Streptococcus grew from samples taken between the placental amnion and chorion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut 06112.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Feinstein
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification