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Unexplained fatalities
What is SIDS: A diagnosis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome means that no other cause of death can be found in an otherwise healthy infant who dies suddenly, usually while sleeping. In the United States, SIDS kills more than 2,000 infants every year. SIDS strikes most often when babies are 8 weeks to 10 weeks old.
The study: The researchers used autopsy samples from 470 infants who died suddenly and unexpectedly between 1996 and 2005. They found dangerous bacteria in 181 babies, or nearly half of the 365 whose deaths were unexplained. There were similar bacteria in about a quarter (14 of 53) of the babies who died of known causes, excluding those who died of bacterial infections.
