Amnionitis and premature delivery with intact amniotic membranes involving Staphylococcus aureus. A case report.
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.
Ben-David
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Hallak
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Evans
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Abramovici
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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