Campylobacter coli septicaemia associated with septic abortion

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M. Kist1, K. -M. Keller2, W. Niebling1, W. Kilching1
1Institut für Allgemeine Hygiene und Bakteriologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
2Institut für Pathologie, Abteilung Kinderpathologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg

Tóm tắt

A 19-year-old patient was 27 weeks pregnant when admitted to hospital with fever, chills and premature labours. The following day she aborted.Campylobacter coli was isolated from blood cultures, maternal placenta and amniotic fluid and from the ear, nose and pharynx of the stillbirth. Campylobacter could not be isolated from stool specimens after antimicrobial treatment had been started.

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