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Antibodies

Maternal infection while pregnant leading to:

• stillbirth
• fulminant illness in the newborn causing death within a few hours of birth

• loss of appetite
• lethargy
• jaundice
• vomiting
• skin rash
• increased pressure inside the skull (due to meningitis) may cause the skull's "sutures" to become separated

• brown-stained amniotic fluid
• skin rash
• respiratory distress
• shock

• cultures of amniotic fluid
• cultures of the blood
• cultures of the urine (clean catch)
• CSF culture

Review Date: 10/27/2005
Reviewed By: Daniel Levy, M.D., Ph.D., Infectious Diseases, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.