Vaginal fluid interleukin-6 concentrations as a point-of-care test is of value in women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes

The point-of-care assessment of interleukin-6 in vaginal fluid is an easy, rapid, noninvasive, and inexpensive method for the identification of intraamniotic inflammation and microbial-associated intraamniotic inflammation in preterm prelabor rupture of membranes pregnancies, showing good specificity and negative predictive value.