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How does lysteria harm fetuses?
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In utero infection.: Listerial infection in pregnant women can lead to fetal death, premature birth, or infected newborns a characteristic severe in utero infection, granulomatosis infantiseptica, may result from transplacental transmission. Infants with this disorder have disseminated abscesses and/or granulomas in multiple internal organs (liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, brain) and die soon after birth.
Answered 8/2/2012
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