Sneathia amnii and Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Stillbirth, Mozambique

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Aug;25(8):1614-1616. doi: 10.3201/eid2508.190526.

Abstract

We report a case of Sneathia amnii as the causative agent of maternal chorioamnionitis and congenital pneumonia resulting in a late fetal death in Mozambique, with strong supportive postmortem molecular and histopathologic confirmation. This rare, fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus has been reported to infrequently cause abortions, stillbirths, and neonatal infections.

Keywords: Mozambique; Sneathia amnii; bacteria; chorioamnionitis; gram-negative infection; stillbirth.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Autopsy
  • Chorioamnionitis / diagnosis*
  • Chorioamnionitis / epidemiology
  • Chorioamnionitis / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Fusobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Fusobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
  • Fusobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Leptotrichia*
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Mozambique / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Stillbirth*