Intrauterine Pressure Catheter in Labor: Associated Microbiology

Phillip Pinell; Sebastian Faro; Scott Roberts; Sy Le; Maurizio Maccato; Hunter Hammill

doi:10.1155/S1064744993000158

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1993)

Intrauterine Pressure Catheter in Labor: Associated Microbiology

Phillip Pinell,
Sebastian Faro,
Scott Roberts,
Sy Le,
Maurizio Maccato,
Hunter Hammill

Affiliations

Phillip Pinell: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Sebastian Faro: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
Scott Roberts: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Sy Le: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Medical Health Associates, Tucson, AZ, USA
Maurizio Maccato: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Hunter Hammill: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744993000158
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 60 – 64

Abstract

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if bacterial growth occurred in the amniotic fluid of laboring women. Twenty patients who required an intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) during labor were studied. Amniotic fluid samples were aspirated during labor and at the time of delivery.

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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