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.

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