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This may be the first report of intrauterine purulent leptomeningitis, the infection of which has been caused by amnio-chorionitis via the umbilical route. The fetus was stillborn at the 35th week of gestation. Neuropathologic features did not differ from those of neonatal meningitis.
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Hori, A., Fischer, G. Intrauterine purulent leptomeningitis. Acta Neuropathol 58, 78–80 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692702
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692702