title: [Clinical significance of placental inflammatory infiltrates].
abstract: 103 placentas and their annexes obtained from 103 normal pregnancies leading to live-born infants were examined for inflammatory lesions. Inflammatory reactions of variable importance and localisation were seen more often when pregnancy exceeded 40 weeks gestation and when the Scanlon test was positive. No significant correlation could be drawn between gestational infection, premature rupture of the membranes, the aspect of the amniotic fluid, and the bacteriology of the material from the external auditory canal of the newborn. Although almost half of the placentas (47.5%) had inflammatory infiltrates, none of the newborn infants showed clinical evidence of infection. The authors discuss possible explanations for these anatomo-clinical discrepancies.
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000150:complications; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010920:Placenta / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Importance clinique des infiltrats inflammatoires placentaires.