Septic abortion caused by Campylobacter jejuni bacteraemia

A 20-year-old female patient, 14 weeks pregnant, was admitted to hospital with anamnestic and clinical features of acute pyelonephritis. Clinical signs of septic abortion developed and after obstetric examination the therapy was changed to ampicillin, gentamicin and clindamycin. Campylobacter jejuni...

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Published in:Journal of chemotherapy (Florence) 2016-07, Vol.28 (4), p.335-336
Main Authors: Skuhala, Tomislava, Škerk, Višnja, Markotić, Alemka, Bukovski, Suzana, Desnica, Boško
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion, Septic - diagnosis
Abortion, Septic - microbiology
Adult
Bacteraemia
Bacteremia - complications
Campylobacter Infections - complications
Campylobacter jejuni
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Septic abortion
Young Adult
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Summary:A 20-year-old female patient, 14 weeks pregnant, was admitted to hospital with anamnestic and clinical features of acute pyelonephritis. Clinical signs of septic abortion developed and after obstetric examination the therapy was changed to ampicillin, gentamicin and clindamycin. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from blood cultures. Pathohistological findings confirmed diagnosis of purulent chorioamnionitis. After 2 weeks of ciprofloxacin administration the patient fully recovered. Campylobacter jejuni was not isolated from stool culture and no signs of acute enteritis were registered during the illness. Invasive forms of Campylobacter disease without enteritis are not unusual in immunocompromised hosts but they are restricted to C. fetus rather than C. jejuni isolates.
ISSN:1120-009X
1973-9478
DOI:10.1179/1973947815Y.0000000016