… Preterm delivery complicated 12% of all pregnancies in … preterm labor and it is usually
refractory to tocolytic therapy Citation[2],Citation[3]. In women with preterm labor, the amniotic fluid …

… Our finding of a few cases of amniotic fluid colonization is consistent with published … 16
studies of preterm labor that reported on both MIAC and at least 1 amniotic fluid marker of …

… 8, or neutrophils in vaginal fluid among women in preterm labor might predict AF infection.
Bacterial vaginosis is associated with AF infection and preterm delivery.13 We also examined …

… amniotic fluid IL-6 concentrations could have diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with
preterm labor.… this question in the setting of preterm labor using a recently developed rapid …

… preterm labor on the amniotic fluid concentrations of prostaglandins in women with premature
rupture of the membranes. Amniotic fluid … labor or infection; group 2, patients with labor but …

… and intra-amniotic inflammation or intra-amniotic infection … the increased numbers of amniotic
fluid leukocytes in women with preterm labor and intra-amniotic infection were associated …

… The purpose of this study was to determine whether amniotic fluid glucose concentrations
is … in 168 patients with preterm labor and intact membranes. Amniotic fluid was cultured for …

… measurement with the VOCAL technique of amniotic fluid ‘sludge’ in a patient with preterm
labor and intact membranes with positive amniotic fluid culture for Fusobacterium nucleatum. …

… with preterm labor, as indicated by elevated amniotic fluid concentrations of … preterm labor
and intact membranes, those with positive amniotic fluid cultures had a higher amniotic fluid …

… , we studied IL-6 bioactivity and isoforms in amniotic fluid (AF). Two different assays for IL-6 …
with no labor (n = 31), at term in active labor (n = 40), and from patients in preterm labor (n = …