[Ultrasonic diagnosis of intrauterine fetal infection in pregnancy of a high-risk group]. / Ul'trazvukovaia diagnostika u beremennykh gruppy riska po vnutriutrobnomu infitsirovaniiu.

Ultrasonic scanning of 315 pregnant patients with infectious inflammatory diseases and 200 healthy pregnant women has demonstrated the echographic markers of intrauterine fetal infection: hydramnios, the presence of meconium in amniotic fluid, untimely maturation and signs of infectious involvement of the fetus, increased size of fetal abdomen as against the reference values after 35 weeks gestation. Twenty-six of the 37 mothers of the newborns with pyoseptic diseases had presented with at least three of these signs. Ultrasonic scanning is recommended for antenatal diagnosis of intrauterine infection as an objective method.