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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Reprod Immunol. 2014 Jan 13;71(4):330–358. doi: 10.1111/aji.12189

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Prevalence of intra-amniotic inflammation (Panel A) and histologic acute chorioamnionitis (Panel B) according to the results of PCR/ESI-MS and amniotic fluid cultures. Intra-amniotic inflammation was diagnosed in 70% (n=7/10) and 94% (n=16/17) of patients with positive AF culture and positive PCR/ESI-MS (≥17 GE/well) results, respectively. Patients with positive PCR/ESI-MS (GE/well ≥ 17) and negative AF culture have a prevalence of histological acute chorioamnionitis of 70% (7/10). In contrast, the prevalence of histological acute chorioamnionitis in patients with negative AF culture and negative PCR/ESI-MS (GE/well < 17) was 35% (39/112).

Prevalence of intra-amniotic inflammation and histologic acute chorioamnionitis by PCR/ESI-MS and amniotic fluid culture results

PCR: polymerase chain reaction; ESI-MS: electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.