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| Prognosis = good | | Prognosis = good | ||
| Other = | | Other = | ||
| ClinDDx = | | ClinDDx = other causes of maternal fever and fetal tachycardia | ||
| Tx = antibiotics | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Chorioamnionitis''' is a common pathology of the [[placenta]]. | '''Chorioamnionitis''' is a common pathology of the [[placenta]]. | ||
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*Neutrophils in the amnion. | *Neutrophils in the amnion. | ||
**Amnion: | **Amnion: | ||
***The simple cuboidal epithelium and the paucicellular underlying connective tissue | ***The simple cuboidal epithelium and the paucicellular underlying connective tissue. | ||
***Separated from the chorion by an artefactual cleft. | ***Separated from the chorion by an artefactual cleft. | ||
*+/-Microorganisms (e.g. cocci<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Murdoch | first1 = DA. | title = Gram-positive anaerobic cocci. | journal = Clin Microbiol Rev | volume = 11 | issue = 1 | pages = 81-120 | month = Jan | year = 1998 | doi = | PMID = 9457430 | PMC = 121377}} | *+/-Microorganisms (e.g. cocci<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Murdoch | first1 = DA. | title = Gram-positive anaerobic cocci. | journal = Clin Microbiol Rev | volume = 11 | issue = 1 | pages = 81-120 | month = Jan | year = 1998 | doi = | PMID = 9457430 | PMC = 121377}} | ||