Peripartum bacteremias due to Leptotrichia amnionii and Sneathia sanguinegens, rare causes of fever during and after delivery

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5940-5943

  De Martino, S J ^a,b   Mahoudeau, I ^a   Brettes, J P ^b   Piemont, Y ^a   Monteil, H ^a   Jaulhac, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; DNA 16S; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HUMAN; LABOR; LEPTOTRICHIA AMNIONII; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SNEATHIA SANGUINEGENS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEPTOTRICHIA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

LEPTOTRICHIA; LEPTOTRICHIA AMNIONII; NEGIBACTERIA; SNEATHIA SANGUINEGENS;

EID: 10844234618     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5940-5943.2004     Document Type: Article

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