Hypotensive brain stem necrosis in a stillborn.
Hypotensive brain stem necrosis is reported in a stillborn. Additional postmortem findings included evidence of intrauterine distress, shock, and a pure blood culture of group B beta-hemolytic streptococci. These findings suggest group B beta-hemolytic streptococcal sepsis in utero, with a subsequent episode of transitory circulatory failure prior to intrauterine demise.
D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000473:pathology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000473:pathology*; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000473:pathology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000473:pathology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009336:Necrosis; D011247:Pregnancy