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Tissue samples from deceased neonates obtained by minimally invasive tissue sampling and placentas were examined for 73 different pathogens using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Tissue for pathogen PCR was obtained from liver, lung, brain, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and placentas from 377 deceased preterm infants. Between 17.6% and 34.1% of each type of tissue had at least 1 organism identified. Organism detection was highest in blood (34.1%), followed by lung (31.1%), liver (23.3%), cerebrospinal fluid (22.3%), and brain (17.6%). A total of 49.7% of the deceased infants had at least 1 organism. Acinetobacter baumannii was in 28.4% of the neonates compared with 14.6% for Klebsiella pneumoniae, 11.9% for Escherichia coli\/Shigella, and 11.1% for Haemophilus influenzae. Group B streptococcus was identified in only 1.3% of the neonatal deaths. A. baumannii was rarely found in the placenta and was found more commonly in the internal organs of neonates who died later in the neonatal period. The most common organism found in placentas was Ureaplasma urealyticum in 34% of the samples, with no other organism found in &amp;gt;4% of samples.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In organ samples from deceased infants in India and Pakistan, evaluated with multiplex pathogen PCR, A. baumannii was the most commonly identified organism. Group B streptococcus was rarely found. 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