Infant deaths from chorioamnionitis are rare, but aggressive use of antibiotics to prevent infections is common in suspected cases. Unfortunately, those antibiotic treatments also can interfere with ...

Current American Academy of Pediatric recommendations call for the empirical use of antibiotics for all well-appearing term newborn infants born to women given a diagnosis of chorioamnionitis. The ...

BOSTON — Despite a strong correlation between histopathologic chorioamnionitis (HC) and neonatal sepsis, the finding is not an independent marker of the infectious complication and should not be used ...

February 2, 2010 — Fetal exposure to chorioamnionitis combined with preterm delivery is associated with an increased risk for physician-diagnosed asthma at 8 years of age or younger, according to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts report that two drugs known to block inflammatory signaling prevent lung damage linked to chorioamnionitis in animal models. One of the serious complications that can occur during late ...

HealthDay News — Chorioamnionitis does not appear to be associated with decreased Bayley II scores at age 2 years, according to a study published in the March issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Emilie ...

One of the serious complications that can occur during late pregnancy happens when the amniotic sac (also called the bag of waters) breaks too early, which can allow bacterial infections to cause ...