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Aerobic Microbiological Study in Term Pregnant Women with Premature Rupture of the Membranes : A Case-Control Study
Kovavisarach E 
,
Sermsak P ,
Kanjanahareutai S
,
Sermsak P ,
Kanjanahareutai S To determine the aerobic microorganisms related to premature rupture of the mem-
branes (PROM) in term pregnant women, a case-controlled study was performed on pregnant
women delivered at Rajavithi Hospital between November
I,
1996 and July 30, 1997. Two
hundred and twenty pregnant women with PROM and 220 pregnant women without PROM
were recruited by simple random sampling. The diagnosis of rupture of the membrane was
made by history and by positive microscopic ferning and pH testing performed during speculum
examination. The demographic characteristics were not statistically significantly different
between both groups. We could not isolate any organisms (35.9% in the study group and
49.5% in the control group).
Candida albicans
and
Klebsiella pneumoniae
were the only two
significant differences demonstrated between the study and control group (p
branes (PROM) in term pregnant women, a case-controlled study was performed on pregnant
women delivered at Rajavithi Hospital between November
I,
1996 and July 30, 1997. Two
hundred and twenty pregnant women with PROM and 220 pregnant women without PROM
were recruited by simple random sampling. The diagnosis of rupture of the membrane was
made by history and by positive microscopic ferning and pH testing performed during speculum
examination. The demographic characteristics were not statistically significantly different
between both groups. We could not isolate any organisms (35.9% in the study group and
49.5% in the control group).
Candida albicans
and
Klebsiella pneumoniae
were the only two
significant differences demonstrated between the study and control group (p
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