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Am J Perinatol 1985; 2(2): 121-122
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999928
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© 1985 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Prenatal Diagnosis of Candida Albicans Chorioamnionitis

Roberto Romero, E. Albert Reece, Gordon W. Duff, Laura Coultrip, John C. Hobbins
  • Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

The use of diagnostic amniocentesis has been proposed for the evaluation of patients with clinical suspicion of chorioamnionitis, such as those with premature rupture of membranes and premature labor. We describe a patient in whom the diagnosis of Candida chorioamnionitis was made after diagnostic amniocentesis with the assistance of a simple and rapidly performed potassium hydroxide smear.