Pathogens identified in the internal tissues and placentas of stillbirths: results from the prospective, observational PURPOSe study.
S U HarakuniM S SomannavarN K GhanchiI AhmedA ZafarJ KimS S TikmaniK HwangS SaleemS S GoudarS DhadedG GuruprasadH YasminS YogeshkumarA AceitunoR M SilverElizabeth M McClureR L Goldenbergnull nullPublished in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2023)
In about 8% of stillbirths, there was evidence of a pathogen in an internal organ. Ureaplasma urealyticum/parvum was the most common organism found in the placenta and in the internal tissues, especially in the fetal brain.