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Review
. 2005 Sep;32(3):523-59.
doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2005.04.006.

Maternal infection and adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes

Robert L Goldenberg  1 , Jennifer F Culhane, Derek C Johnson
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Review

Maternal infection and adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes

Robert L Goldenberg et al. Clin Perinatol. 2005 Sep.

Abstract

Adverse pregnancy outcomes can follow direct placental, fetal, or neonatal infection, or preterm birth associated with vaginal, cervical, intrauterine, or even nonpelvic infections. These latter infections appear to be associated with the majority of very early preterm births, and may explain some of the long-term neurologic damage associated with preterm birth. Bacterial vaginosis and its associated intrauterine infections likely contribute far more to the overall burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes than the more classical perinatal infections such as rubella and syphilis.

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