Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus bacteremia associated with chorioamnionitis and intact fetal membranes

G Viejo; B Gomez; D De Miguel; A Del Valle; L Otero; P De La Iglesia

doi:10.1080/003655401750065517

Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus bacteremia associated with chorioamnionitis and intact fetal membranes

Scand J Infect Dis. 2001;33(2):126-7. doi: 10.1080/003655401750065517.

Authors

G Viejo¹, B Gomez, D De Miguel, A Del Valle, L Otero, P De La Iglesia

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain.

PMID: 11233847
DOI: 10.1080/003655401750065517

Abstract

Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus was isolated from the blood of a patient with chorioamnionitis and intact fetal membranes. The mother improved after appropriate antibiotic treatment, but the infant died of neonatal infection a few minutes after delivery. This is a very unusual etiology of intra-amniotic infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abortion, Spontaneous
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / physiopathology*
Campylobacter Infections / drug therapy
Campylobacter Infections / physiopathology*
Campylobacter fetus*
Chorioamnionitis / drug therapy
Chorioamnionitis / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / physiopathology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents