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| ==Overview==
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| An '''intra-amniotic infection (IAI)''' is a [[bacterial infection]] of the [[amniotic sac]] and the surrounding amniotic fluid. An IAI is extremely dangerous to both the mother and fetus and is the most common cause of premature labor.<ref name="labor">{{
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| |url=http://www.ivillage.co.uk/pregnancyandbaby/pregnancy/complicatepreg/articles/0,,16_184225,00.html
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| |publisher=iVillage
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| |title=Troubled Waters
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| |date=2006
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Infectious disease]]
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| [[Category:Obstetrics]]
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