placental infections
Synopsis
villitis
intervillositis
amnionitis
- acute chorioamnionitis
Etiology
bacterial placental infections
- Staphylococcus
- Streptococcus
- Pneumococcus
- Enteric bacteria
- Listeria
- Campylobacter fetus
- Salmonella
- Brucella
- Mycobacteria
- Francisella tularensis
- Treponema pallidum
- Vibrio cholerae
- Chlamydia
- Mycoplasma
- Rickettsia
- Leptospira
viral placental infections
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Rubella
- Hepatitis virus (HBV, HCV)
- Herpes simplex
- Varicella zoster
- Variola alastrim
- Vaccinia
- Mumps
- Measles
- Coxsackie
- poliovirus
- Parvovirus B19
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
- ECHOvirus
- HIV
- Western equine encephalitis
parasitic placental infections
- coccidioidomycosis
- Toxoplasma
- Plasmodium malariae
- Trypanosoma
- Schistosoma
References
Satosar A, Ramirez NC, Bartholomew D, Davis J, Nuovo GJ. Histologic correlates of viral and bacterial infection of the placenta associated with severe morbidity and mortality in the newborn. Hum Pathol. 2004 May;35(5):536-45. PMID: #15138926#