Antimicrobial peptides in amniotic fluid: defensins, calprotectin and bacterial/permeability-increasing protein in patients with microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity, intra-amniotic inflammation, preterm labor and premature rupture of membranes

J. Espinoza Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH/DHSS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

T. Chaiworapongsa Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH/DHSS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

R. Romero Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH/DHSS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

S. Edwin Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH/DHSS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

C. Rathnasabapathy Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH/DHSS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

R. Gomez CEDIP, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sotero del Rio Hospital, Puente Alto, Chile

E. Bujold Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

N. Camacho Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH/DHSS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Y. M. Kim Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH/DHSS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

S. Hassan Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

S. Blackwell Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

J. Whitty Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

S. Berman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

M. Redman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

B. H. Yoon Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Y. Sorokin Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

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