However, recent studies in which amniocentesis has been used to characterize the microbiologic state of the amniotic cavity and the inflammatory response [amniotic fluid interleukin (IL)-6 > 2.6 ng/ml [22]] show that only 60% of patients with the diagnosis of clinical chorioamnionitis have proven infection using culture or molecular microbiologic techniques [10]. Here, IL6 is linked to infection.