STD, Urinary Tract Infection May Be Bad Combination For Birth Defect

Women who reported having both a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and urinary tract infection (UTI) just before or during early pregnancy were four times more likely to have babies with gastroschisis a severe birth defect in which infants are born with their intestines and other internal organs outside the abdomen, University of Utah researchers report in the online British Medical Journal.

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Filed under: Pregnancy on June 30th, 2008