‌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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new rat study explores lung function and placental changes in the presence of infection and inflammation. The study suggests treating the mother with steroids before giving birth may improve both ...