Vaginal fluid interleukin-6 concentrations as a point-of-care test is of value in women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes.

Background: Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes is frequently complicated/accompanied by infection and inflammation in the amniotic cavity. A point-of-care determination of amniotic fluid interleukin-6 has been shown to be a potentially clinically useful approach to assess inflammatory status of the amniotic cavity. Amniocentesis in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes is not broadly used in clinical practice, and therefore, a shift toward a noninvasive amniotic fluid sampling method is needed.

WITHDRAWN: Vaginal fluid IL-6 concentrations as a point-of-care test is of value in women with preterm PROM.

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