Fusobacterium Chorioamnionitis: Report of Two Cases in Preterm Labor With Intact Amniotic Membranes

Allahyar  Jazayeri; Michael E. Lantz; William F. O'Brien

doi:10.1155/S1064744996000464

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1996)

Fusobacterium Chorioamnionitis: Report of Two Cases in Preterm Labor With Intact Amniotic Membranes

Allahyar Jazayeri,
Michael E. Lantz,
William F. O'Brien

Affiliations

Allahyar Jazayeri: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA
Michael E. Lantz: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA
William F. O'Brien: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744996000464
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 4
pp. 243 – 246

Abstract

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Background: Preterm labor (PTL) in women with intact membranes may be caused by developing chorioamnionitis. Fusobacterium displays the ability to cause chorioamnionitis in the presence of intact amniotic membrane.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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