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Case Reports
. 2002 Feb 9;132(5-6):64-6.
doi: 10.4414/smw.2002.09911.

Abortion in woman caused by caprine Chlamydophila abortus (Chlamydia psittaci serovar 1)

A Pospischil  1 , R Thoma, M Hilbe, P Grest, J-O Gebbers
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Abortion in woman caused by caprine Chlamydophila abortus (Chlamydia psittaci serovar 1)

A Pospischil et al. Swiss Med Wkly. .
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Abstract

On a farm housing cattle and goats an abortion storm occurred affecting 50% of the goats during the lambing season 2000/2001. In one of three investigated caprine abortions Chlamydophila abortus could be identified as aetiology. During this time a pregnant woman (pregnancy week 19/20) had contact with aborting goats. She developed a severe generalized infection and aborted. The placenta contained Chlamydophila abortus shown by immunohistochemistry and PCR. The aim of the present case report is to alert medical doctors about the potential zoonotic risk of ovine/caprine abortions.

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