LONDON, May 31, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Researchers at a British hospital said
bacterial infection may be a significant cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
A review of 546 infant deaths at Great Ormond Street Hospital between 1996 and
2005 found that those with an unexplained cause of death were more likely to
have a bacterial infection than those who had died of known causes, the Guardian
newspaper said Thursday.
The study is published in the Lancet.
While researchers said there appears to be an association between SIDS and
bacteria, they cannot be sure the infections caused the deaths.
"One could not now 'diagnose' any particular unexplained case, since we know
bacteria are often present even when unconnected to the death," the hospital
said.
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