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==Infection==
==Infection==
Types (by site):<ref name=Ref_PBoD1106>{{Ref PBoD|1106}}</ref>
===General<ref name=Ref_PBoD1106>{{Ref PBoD|1106}}</ref>===
*Fetal membranes: chorioamnionitis, membranitis.<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_2311>{{Ref Sternberg4|2311}}</ref>
*Umbilical cord: funisitis.
*Placenta: placentitis, villitis.
 
General:<ref name=Ref_PBoD1106>{{Ref PBoD|1106}}</ref>
*Infection usually ascending, i.e. from vagina up through cervix.
*Infection usually ascending, i.e. from vagina up through cervix.
**Assoc. with intercourse.
**Assoc. with intercourse.
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**Inflammatory cells in umbilical cord are fetal (trivia).
**Inflammatory cells in umbilical cord are fetal (trivia).


===Grading infection===
===Types (by site)<ref name=Ref_PBoD1106>{{Ref PBoD|1106}}</ref>===
*Fetal membranes: chorioamnionitis, membranitis.<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_2311>{{Ref Sternberg4|2311}}</ref>
*Umbilical cord: funisitis.
*Placenta: placentitis, villitis.
 
===Grading infection (chorioamnionitis, membranitis, funisitis)===
Membranitis:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_2311>{{Ref Sternberg4|2311}}</ref>
Membranitis:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4_2311>{{Ref Sternberg4|2311}}</ref>
# PMNs - decidua only.
# PMNs - decidua only.
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