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amnionitis [am′nē·ōnī′tis] an inflammation of the amnion. The condition may develop as a result of infection after early rupture of the fetal membranes. amnionitis inflammation of the amnion. |
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Complications of rat-bite fever include destructive joint disease,
pericarditis, endocarditis, abscesses, pneumonia, parotitis,
pancreatitis, and, rarely, meningitis and amnionitis. Eleven of the 16 uninfected infants were
delivered when the mothers had active Lm amnionitis (gestational ages 25
to 40 weeks), and 5 were delivered several weeks after the maternal
infection, which occurred at weeks 19, 21, 35, 36, and 37. |
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