Leptotrichia amnionii, an emerging pathogen of the female urogenital tract

Carina M Thilesen; Mikael Nicolaidis; Jan Eirik Lökebö; Enevold Falsen; Anne Tomine Jorde; Fredrik Müller

doi:10.1128/JCM.00167-07

Leptotrichia amnionii, an emerging pathogen of the female urogenital tract

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jul;45(7):2344-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00167-07. Epub 2007 May 23.

Authors

Carina M Thilesen¹, Mikael Nicolaidis, Jan Eirik Lökebö, Enevold Falsen, Anne Tomine Jorde, Fredrik Müller

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsö, Norway. C.Thilesen@alfred.org.au

Abstract

Leptotrichia amnionii, a recently described, very fastidious, gram-negative anaerobic bacterium, is an opportunistic pathogen of the female urogenital tract. We report a case of second-trimester abortion in a patient with chorioamnionitis and L. amnionii bacteremia and a case of renal abscess in a female 5 weeks postpartum.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology*
Female
Fusobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
Fusobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Leptotrichia / isolation & purification*
Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents