[Diagnosis of ovular infection associated with premature rupture of the membranes].

Premature breaking of the membranes carries with it a serious risk of immediate or delayed ovular infection which compromises the prognosis. No diagnostic test with an acceptable error level was available to reduce the morbidity and mortality, in particular prior to 37 weeks of amenorrhea. The oligoamnios which accompanies the rupture increases the accuracy of the tocokinetic diagnosis, thus permitting a new and rigorous treatment in function of the stage of the pregnancy and the possibility of artificially inducing labor.