Perinatal Mortality Associated with Positive Postmortem Cultures for Common Oral Flora

Table 2

Microbiological and histological correlation in autopsies with positive cultures for oral flora.

Microbe	Number of cases with positive cultures	Pure culture	Mixed culture	Cases with AFIS	Cases with pure cultures and AFIS	Cases with placental finding of inflammation only	Cases with no histological evidence of inflammation	Note
S. mitis	9	5	4	4	3	3	1	Case had no placenta submitted
Peptostreptococcus	5	1	4	2	1	1	2
Prevotella	4	4	0	2	2	1	0	Case had no placenta submitted
S. sanguis	3	1	2	3	1	1	0
Fusobacterium	2	2	0	2	2	0	0
S. salivarius	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
S. anginosus	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	Case had no placenta submitted
S. mutans	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
E. corrodens	1	1	0	1	1	0	0