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. 1971 Feb;46(245):82–84. doi: 10.1136/adc.46.245.82

Bacteriuria in Pregnancy and Infection in Amniotic Fluid and Infant

J A Ives, G D Abbott, R R Bailey
PMCID: PMC1647562  PMID: 5555492

Abstract

Women with asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy had sterile amniotic fluid at the time of delivery.

There was no evidence that maternal urinary infection was associated with infection in the infant.

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