Experts have long suspected a link between mouth bugs and the risk of miscarriage in pregnancy.
But they now claim they have the first documented case of oral bacteria killing a nearly full term baby.
The study – published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynaecology – reveals the case of a 35 year old woman who had the common gum disease gingivitis.
She delivered a stillborn baby at 39 weeks and doctors were able to trace the oral bacteria in the mother’s mouth to bacteria found in the baby’s bloodstream, lungs and stomach.
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