A prospective cohort study of extremely preterm infants finds that placental inflammation raises early transepidermal water ...

Current American Academy of Pediatric recommendations call for the empirical use of antibiotics for all well-appearing term newborn infants born to women given a diagnosis of chorioamnionitis. The ...

Background: Chorioamnionitis complicates up to 4 percent of pregnancies and is a major contributor to maternal and neonatal mor-bidity. Established risk factors for chorioamnionitis include prolonged ...

In children born very preterm after preterm labour or preterm premature rupture of membranes, isolated histologic chorioamnionitis — placental inflammation without maternal clinical symptoms — was not ...

Infant deaths from chorioamnionitis are rare, but aggressive use of antibiotics to prevent infections is common in suspected cases. Unfortunately, those antibiotic treatments also can interfere with ...

February 2, 2010 — Fetal exposure to chorioamnionitis combined with preterm delivery is associated with an increased risk for physician-diagnosed asthma at 8 years of age or younger, according to the ...

Large study confirms that toddlers born early after exposure to moderate to severe chorioamnionitis show signs of motor, cognitive, and language impairments CINCINNATI, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

PASADENA, Calif., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The incidence of chorioamnionitis — an infection of the amniotic fluid, fetal membranes and placental tissues, and one of the most frequent causes of ...

Experts report that two drugs known to block inflammatory signaling prevent lung damage linked to chorioamnionitis in animal models. One of the serious complications that can occur during late ...

What is Intra-amniotic Infection? Intra-amniotic infection is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the fetal membranes, amniotic fluid, placenta and the uterus. Chorion is the outer ...

Intrapartum chorioamnionitis is a common condition that often is managed by treating neonates with antibiotics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children born to mothers ...