Twenty-four percent of patients with clinical chorioamnionitis in preterm gestations have no evidence of either culture-proven intra-amniotic infection or intra-amniotic inflammation

摘要

BackgroundRecent studies on clinical chorioamnionitis at term suggest that some patients with this diagnosis have neither intra-amniotic infection nor intra-amniotic inflammation. A false-positive diagnosis of clinical chorioamnionitis in preterm gestation may lead to unwarranted preterm delivery.