Leptotrichia amnionii, an emerging pathogen of the female urogenital tract.

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.

SUBMITTER: Thilesen CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1933011 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature