title: Amnionitis and premature delivery with intact amniotic membranes involving Staphylococcus aureus. A case report.
abstract: Subclinical infection is suspected to be an important etiologic factor in the initiation of preterm labor in women with intact membranes. We present a case of acute clinical chorioamnionitis followed by preterm labor and fetal distress in a woman with intact membranes. The bacteriologic data on the mother and neonate clearly identified coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus as the etiologic factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben-David
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hallak
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abramovici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications