[Diagnosis of bacterial amnionitis]

Results of complex clinical laboratory diagnosis of bacterial amnionitis are analyzed. General clinical, bacteriological, cytological, immunological, and pathomorphological methods of investigation were used. The incidence of amnionitis was 29.8%. Changes in the amniotic fluid and fetal membranes, associated with bacterial amnionitis, were revealed. The authors come to a conclusion on the desirability of profound clinical laboratory monitoring of pregnant patients with infectious inflammatory diseases of the genitals, with habitual abortions, and preterm escape of the amniotic fluid.