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chorioamnionitis
Etiology:
- maternal urinary tract infection
Epidemiology:
- occurs in up to 2 percent of births
Pathology:
- an inflammatory condition of pregnant women in which the chorion & amniotic fluid are in infected with bacteria
Clinical manifestations:
- fever
- tachycardia
- pelvic pain, tenderness
- vaginal discharge with an unusual smell
Laboratory:
- amniocentesis, culture
- blood culture
Special laboratory:
- ultrasound visualization of fetus
Complications:
- maternal
- abdominal infection, pelvic infection
- endometritis
- thromboembolid
- newborn
- bacterial infection, including sepsis
- meningitis
Management:
- delivery of fetus
Related
amniotic fluid
chorion
General
placentitis
bacterial infection
References
- Cleveland clinic
Chorioamnionitis
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/healthy_living/pregnancy/hic_chorioamnionitis.aspx
- Sherman MP and Otsuki K
eMedicine: Maternal chorioamnionitis
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/973237-overview
- Wikipedia: Chorioamnionitis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorioamnionitis