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. 2020 Jun 2;323(21):2198-2200.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.7233.

Second-Trimester Miscarriage in a Pregnant Woman With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

David Baud  1 , Gilbert Greub  2 , Guillaume Favre  1 , Carole Gengler  3 , Katia Jaton  2 , Estelle Dubruc  3 , Léo Pomar  1
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Second-Trimester Miscarriage in a Pregnant Woman With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

David Baud et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This case report describes a pregnant woman with symptomatic coronavirus disease who experienced a second-trimester miscarriage in association with documented placental SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Greub reported having ongoing research agreements with Resistell and Becton-Dickinson and being medical advisor for Resistell; he also reported being developer of a card game on microbes and funding JeuPro, a start-up company that distributes the game Krobs. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Placental Histology
A, Neutrophils and macrophages in the subchorial space indicating acute subchorionitis (hematoxylin-eosin ×20). B, Increased intervillous fibrin deposit and syncytial knots (hematoxylin-eosin ×10). C, Funisitis and umbilical cord vasculitis (hematoxylin-eosin ×20). D, Funisitis with neutrophil-specific staining (myeloperoxidase immunohistochemistry ×20).
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