‌Chorioamnionitis, sometimes called intra-amniotic infection and inflammation, is a serious bacterial infection within the uterus that can affect pregnant women. Women can develop this condition ...

What is Intra-amniotic Infection? Intra-amniotic infection is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the fetal membranes, amniotic fluid, placenta and the uterus. Chorion is the outer ...

Intra-amniotic infection (IAI), or chorioamnionitis, complicates up to 10% of all pregnancies and up to 2% of labors at term. There is a significant risk of complications for the mother and the ...

In children born very preterm after preterm labour or preterm premature rupture of membranes, isolated histologic chorioamnionitis — placental inflammation without maternal clinical symptoms — was not ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 32-week, 1,627-g newborn female, with premature and prolonged rupture of membranes, was delivered via cesarean ...

Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), defined as rupture of the amniotic membranes before 37 weeks’ gestation, occurs in 2%–3% of pregnancies. In patients with PPROM, a sterile speculum ...