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There is an increasing awareness of the association betweenCandida albicans chorioamnionitis and preterm labor. We present an case of intrauterine fetal death caused byCandida chorioamnionitis at the 21 weeks gestation in a patient with an intrauterine device (IUD).
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Bider, D., Ben-Rafael, Z., Barkai, G. et al. Intrauterine fetal death apparently due to Candida chorioamnionitis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 244, 175–177 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00931296
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00931296