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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2344-2347, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00167-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Leptotrichia amnionii, an Emerging Pathogen of the Female Urogenital Tract{triangledown}

Carina M. Thilesen,1* Mikael Nicolaidis,2 Jan Eirik Lökebö,3 Enevold Falsen,4 Anne Tomine Jorde,5 and Fredrik Müller5

Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsö, Norway,1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vestfold Central Hospital, Tönsberg, Norway,2 Department of Surgery, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsö, Norway,3 Culture Collection, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden,4 Institute of Medical Microbiology, National Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway5

Received 22 January 2007/ Returned for modification 18 March 2007/ Accepted 11 May 2007

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiology Department, Alfred Hospital, P.O. Box 315, Prahran 3181, Australia. Phone: 61 3 9076 3089. Fax: 61 3 9076 2227. E-mail: C.Thilesen{at}alfred.org.au

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 23 May 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2344-2347, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00167-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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