Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of amniotic fluid samples utilized for DNA fingerprinting assays.
| Sample | Clinical Chorioamnionitis |
Viable Cell Count* (cells/mm3) |
Gestational Age at Amniocentesis |
Indication for amniocentesis | IL-6 (ng/mL) |
Gram Stain |
Bacterial Live/Dead Staining |
Amniotic Fluid Culture |
WBC (cells/mm3) |
Glucose (mg/dL) |
Gestational Age at delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | 508 | 23.1 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 121 | Positive | Positive | Bacteroides ureolyticus, Garnerella vaginalis, Ureaplasma urealyticum | 750 | <1 | 23.6 |
| 2 | Yes | 786 | 22.1 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 123.7 | Negative | Negative | Negative | 390 | 7 | 23.9 |
| 3 | Yes | 638 | 36.9 | Research purposes (cesarean section) | 44.4 | NA | Positive | NA | NA | NA | 36.9 |
| 4 | No | 125 | 40.6 | Research purposes (cesarean section) | 39.9 | NA | Positive | NA | NA | NA | 40.6 |
| 5 | No | 9920 | 25.7 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 27 | Positive | Positive | Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterococcus faecalis, Mycoplasma hominis, Prevotella spp, Streptococcus viridans | 6938 | 4 | 25.7 |
| 6 | No | 100 | 18.9 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 121.3 | Positive | Positive | Bacteroides fragilis | 65 | 20 | 19.6 |
| 7 | No | 3660 | 21.3 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 118.7 | Negative | Positive | Staphylococcus hominis | 355 | <1 | 21.9 |
| 8 | Yes | 535 | 39.6 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 3.5 | Negative | Positive | Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis | 590 | <1 | 39.6 |
| 9 | No | 9600 | 38.1 | Research purposes (cesarean section) | 101.4 | Negative | Positive | Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum | NA | NA | 38.1 |
| 10 | No | 1160 | 22.3 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 125.5 | Positive | Positive | Mycoplasma hominis, Fusobacterium nucleatum | 700 | 10 | 22.7 |
| 11 | No | 3090 | 40.4 | Research purposes (cesarean section) | 54.6 | Negative | Positive | Ureaplasma urealyticum | NA | NA | 40.4 |
| 12 | No | 286 | 39.3 | Research purposes (cesarean section) | 0.5 | NA | Negative | Negative | NA | NA | 39.3 |
| 13 | No | 180 | 19 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 55.5 | Negative | Negative | Negative | 43 | 17 | 19.4 |
| 14 | Yes | 2200 | 35.6 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 70.6 | Positive | Positive | Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Prevotella spp, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus anginosus | 4000 | <1 | 35.6 |
| 15 | Yes | 860 | 39.9 | Diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection/inflammation (transabdominal) | 73.6 | Negative | Negative | Negative | 600 | <1 | 40 |
| 16 | Yes | 18800 | 40 | Research purposes (cesarean section) | 47.7 | Negative | Positive | Ureaplasma urealyticum | NA | NA |