A 42-year-old member asked:
what are the tests for infection from a retained fetus?
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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered
25 years experience Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Cultures.: Blood and cervical cultures are useful to determine intraamniotic infection, however clinical criteria are sufficient to clinch the diagnosis and prompt expert medical care is required in those cases.
Answered on Jun 27, 2012
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