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Will a bacterial infection cause me to have a miscarriage?

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Bacteria Pregnancy: There is no evidence it would. The cervix has a mucous plug to prevent this in pregnancy.

Answered 7/19/2012

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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered

Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Listeriosis can.: Other than listeria monocytogenes, rare ascending intrauterine infections (staphylococcus aureus, gram negative bacilli, or some gram positive cocci) can cause septic abortion.

Dr Ferguson and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 1/20/2017

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