Interleukin‐6 as a Predictor of Subclinical Chorioamnionitis in Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes

Abstract

Maternal serum IL-6 levels were significantly elevated in subjects with PPROM with infectious morbidity as compared to those without infectious morbidity in the present study. There was a significant rise in maternal serum IL-6 levels with increased duration of rupture of membranes and with evidence of histological chorioamnionitis and funisitis in the placenta.