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Sneathia amnii and Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Stillbirth, Mozambique

Authors :
Pio Vitorino
Rosauro Varo
Paola Castillo
Juan Carlos Hurtado
Fabiola Fernandes
Ana Marta Valente
Rita Mabunda
Sibone Mocumbi
Joy M. Gary
Tiffany G. Jenkinson
Inacio Mandomando
Dianna M. Blau
Robert F. Breiman
Quique Bassat
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 8, Pp 1614-1616 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019.

Abstract

We report a case of Sneathia amnii as the causative agent of maternal chorioamnionitis and congenital pneumonia resulting in a late fetal death in Mozambique, with strong supportive postmortem molecular and histopathologic confirmation. This rare, fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus has been reported to infrequently cause abortions, stillbirths, and neonatal infections.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
25
Issue :
8
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3d6947b30d4c63a32d08bd2357eef1
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190526