… understanding of preterm labor and … intrauterine infection, the present paper will review
clinical and experimental studies to discuss the capacity for a fetal contribution to the intrauterine …

… to prolong pregnancy or prevent preterm birth. Intrauterine infection and preterm birth …
Based on the association between intrauterine infection and preterm birth outlined previously, it …

… preterm births occur secondary to an intrauterine infection. [ … the causal role of intrauterine
infection in preterm birth. As a … optimal criteria for diagnosing intrauterine infection. Many of the …

… preterm births are ‘idiopathic’, or without known cause. At least 40% of preterm births are
associated with intrauterine infection… often difficult to determine whether infection is the cause or …

… Approximately 20 percent of preterm births are the result of a physician's decision to bring
about delivery for maternal or fetal indications, and the remainder follow the spontaneous …

… These are confirmed primarily through histopathologic exam, but clinical, biochemical,
and microbiological criteria have been utilized to diagnose intrauterine infection. Histologic …

… Preterm birth accounts for nearly one million deaths among children under five years of
age, and although its etiopathogenesis is not fully elucidated, ascending intrauterine infection …

… preterm birth. Because the intrauterine infection that leads to spontaneous preterm birth is
… A lengthy list of microbiological and biochemical markers of intrauterine infection has now …

… Intrauterine infection and preterm delivery. … published their findings that “infection in the
female reproductive tract … between infection/inflammation and spontaneous preterm birth more …

… Intrauterine infection is present in approximately 25% of all preterm births and the earlier
the … This article will review the pathogenesis of intrauterine infection, its microbiology, the …