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Perinatal Mortality Associated with Intrauterine Infection Due to Pseudomonads

1986; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 6; Issue: 2-3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/15513818609037704

0277-0938

Susan Beckwitt Turkel, Cynthia W. Pettross, Maria D. Appleman, Carol Ann Salminen, Masahiro Yonekura,

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies

Pseudomonads are common causes of nosocomial infections but are rarely implicated in perinatal disease. In a retrospective autopsy study we found that 9% of all acute congenital bacterial infections were due to Pseudomonas species. Premature rupture of membranes occurred in half the cases and clinical maternal amnionitis in two-thirds. One case was apparently nosocomial in origin. No known risk factors were implicated in any other case. Seven infants were stillborn and two died within a few hours. Congenital pneumonia, funisitis, and chorioamnionitis were found at autopsy. Intrauterine infection due to the pseudomonads poses a serious problem that has not been previously recognized.