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Organisms isolated in the amniotic fluid of 404 patients with intraamniotic infection

Organisms isolated in the amniotic fluid of 404 patients with intraamniotic infection
Organism Number Percent
Ureaplasma urealyticum 190 47.0
Any gram-negative anaerobe 155 38.4
Mycoplasma hominis 123 30.4
Bacteroids bivius 119 29.5
Gardnerella vaginalis 99 24.5
Group B Streptococcus 59 14.6
Peptostreptococcus spp 38  9.4
Escherichia coli 33 8.2
Enterococci 22 5.4
Fusobacterium spp 22 5.4
Bacteroides fragilis 14 3.5
Data from: Sperling RS, Newton E, Gibbs RS. Intraamniotic infection in low-birth-weight infants. J Infect Dis 1988; 157:113.
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