title: [Ascending infection in pregnancy as a cause of premature labor].
abstract: Prematurity still remains one of the major problems in perinatology causing high rates of perinatal mortality and morbidity. A growing body of evidence suggests that ascending infections during pregnancy can cause premature labor in some cases. The future has to show, if early diagnosis and treatment of genital infections in pregnancy will reduce the prematurity rate.
authors.affiliation: Universität-Frauenklinik, Würzburg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martius
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Die aufsteigende Infektion in der Schwangerschaft als eine Ursache der Frühgeburt.