A bacteriologic study of 100 stillborn and dead newborn infants

Focal Bacterial Infections

“…Bacterial infection of the fetal liver rarely has been reported in association with maternal tularemia [51], anthrax [52], typhoid fever [53], and brucellosis [54]. It is uncertain whether the isolation of bacteria from the livers of stillborn fetuses is significantly associated with their clinical course [55,56].…”