Prenatal diagnosis of Candida albicans chorioamnionitis.
The use of diagnostic amniocentesis has been proposed for the evaluation of patients with clinical suspicion of chorioamnionitis, such as those with premature rupture of membranes and premature labor. We describe a patient in whom the diagnosis of Candida chorioamnionitis was made after diagnostic amniocentesis with the assistance of a simple and rapidly performed potassium hydroxide smear.
D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006878:Hydroxides; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011188:Potassium; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D011247:Pregnancy; D013536:Suture Techniques; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000601:surgery
D006878:Hydroxides; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D011188:Potassium; C029943:potassium hydroxide