In clinical practice, the terms "chorio" and "chorioamnionitis" are used to refer to the clinical symptoms suggestive of these bacterial infections whether or not there is actual histopathologic ...

Clinical chorioamnionitis (infection of the amniotic fluid and placenta) is the most common infection during labor and the leading cause of maternal and early-onset newborn sepsis. This condition ...

Available guidelines delineate chorioamnionitis as a contraindication ... In a pregnant woman of 30 weeks gestation with preterm labour and clinical CA, only a minority would actively promote ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2008;53(3):227-235. Once they have colonized the uterine cavity, bacteria can not only infect the fetus but also can release endotoxins that, in sufficient quantities ...