Bacterial infection and human fetal wastage.
Twenty-eight of 57 fetuses delivered after intrauterine death were found to have a variety of aerobic and facultative bacteria in the heart, anus, placenta, brain and cerebrospinal fluid. Subclinical maternal bacteremia, possibly originating in the urinary tract, appears to be a common cause of second- and third-trimester fetal demise.
Lessing
J B
JB
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, A Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel.
Amster
R
R
Berger
S A
SA
Peyser
M R
MR
D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000150:complications; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications; D014211:Treponemal Infections / Q000150:complications; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications