Criteria for the diagnosis of intrauterine infection newborn

Authors proved the role of intrauterine infection in the development of disease of the newborn agents, which penetrate to
the fetus from an infected mother's birth canal. Confi rmed that the risk of fetal infection and the possibility of infection in
the form of the disease in newborns due to the type of pathogen, the degree of its virulence, the massiveness of the infection
pathways of microorganisms (usually ascending and hematogenous), premorbid background of the mother and the nature
of complications during pregnancy and childbirth. The diagnostic value of markers of intrauterine infection, developed
criteria for the diagnosis of intrauterine infection, with subsequent formation of groups at risk of neonatal special diagnostic
signifi cance given to the histological examination of placenta, fetal membranes, umbilical cord. Also noted the role of
immunoglobulins IgM, IgG, IgA, and acute phase proteins - fi brinogen and CRP are markers of infl ammation and damage.

newborns, intrauterine infection, diagnosis