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    Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2006 Feb;273(5):258-60. Epub 2005 Nov 5.

    Early pregnancy loss and neonatal deaths associated with Klebsiella pneumonia infection: a mini review of possible occupational health risk.

    Omwandho CO, Gruessner SE, Tinneberg HR.

    Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

    Recurrent pregnancy loss is a disease of grave psychological and economic concern. The etiology in the vast majority of the cases is unknown or at best poorly understood. Although Klebsiella pneumonia infections have been reported in humans and animals during pregnancy, there is hardly any information to indicate whether or not these infections may be responsible for early pregnancy loss. We present a review of literature and report for the first time in humans, Klebsiella pneumonia infection in placenta of a 38-year-old secondary recurrent aborter (parity 2 + 3).

    PMID: 16273411 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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