Chorioamnionitis and Fetal Death with Intact Membranes Involving Staphylococcus aureus at term.
- Author:
Young Sim LEE
1
;
Dong Soo CHA
;
Ji Hoon LIM
;
Young Jin LEE
;
In Bai CHUNG
;
Kwang Hwa PARK
;
Tae Heon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Chorioamnionitis;
Staphylococcus aureus;
Intact Membranes;
Fetal death
- MeSH:
Amnion;
Cervix Uteri;
Chorioamnionitis*;
Endometrium;
Female;
Fetal Death*;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Labor Pain;
Membranes*;
Parturition;
Pregnancy;
Prevalence;
Rupture;
Staphylococcus aureus*;
Staphylococcus*
- From:Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2001;44(5):1008-1011
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
It has been believed that the intact placental membranes are a good barrier to ascending infection, but this may be only partly true.` Neonatal infection without premature rupture of the amniotic membranes occurs in 1-2% of births. The prevalence of membranes inflammation among births at term is approximately 10%.2-4 Chorioamnionitis is a frequent cause of fetal death mostly as a silent chorioamnionitis without maternal signs of infection.4 Below we present a case of subclinical acute chorioamnionitis in a woman admitted because of labor pain at 39weeks with intact membranes and subsequent sudden intrauterine fetal death. Culture specimens from the endometrium and uterine cervix showed growth of Staphylococcus aureus.
