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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2004, p. 5940-5943, Vol. 42, No. 12
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5940-5943.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Peripartum Bacteremias Due to Leptotrichia amnionii and Sneathia sanguinegens, Rare Causes of Fever during and after Delivery

S. J. De Martino,1* I. Mahoudeau,1 J. P. Brettes,2 Y. Piemont,1 H. Monteil,1 and B. Jaulhac1

Institute of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Louis Pasteur University and Strasbourg University Hospital,1 Gynecology Obstetric Department, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France2

Received 12 February 2004/ Returned for modification 11 March 2004/ Accepted 13 August 2004

We report three cases of delivery and postpartum bacteremia due to unusual anaerobic bacteria in healthy young women. Leptotrichia amnionii bacteremia occurred during delivery in two mothers and was associated with fetal distress during labor. Conversely, Sneathia sanguinegens bacteremia occurred postpartum, 2 days after delivery, without consequence for the neonate.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut de Bactériologie et Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 3 rue Koeberlé, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Phone: (33) 3 90 24 37 90. Fax: (33) 3 88 25 11 13. E-mail: sylvie.demartino{at}medecine.u-strasbg.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2004, p. 5940-5943, Vol. 42, No. 12
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5940-5943.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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