title: Bacterial infection and human fetal wastage.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, A Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lessing
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amster
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Peyser
mesh_terms: 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