Perinatal Mortality Associated with Positive Postmortem Cultures for Common Oral Flora

Figure 2

Histopathology of a neonatal death born at 23 weeks to a 14-year-old mother with bleeding gums, postmortem blood, and lung cultures growing Eikenella corrodens. (a) Acute necrotizing chorioamnionitis (H&E, 40x). (b), (c) Bronchopneumonia (H&E, 200x).

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