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Case Reports
. 2007 Jul;45(7):2344-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00167-07. Epub 2007 May 23.

Leptotrichia amnionii, an emerging pathogen of the female urogenital tract

Carina M Thilesen  1 , Mikael Nicolaidis, Jan Eirik Lökebö, Enevold Falsen, Anne Tomine Jorde, Fredrik Müller
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Leptotrichia amnionii, an emerging pathogen of the female urogenital tract

Carina M Thilesen et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

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.

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