Leptrotrichia Amnionii, an emerging pathogen of postpartum endometritis

Abstract

Leptotrichia amnionii, a recently described fastidious gram-negative anaerobic bacterium, is an opportunistic pathogen of the female urogenital tract. We report a rare case of L. amnionii bacteremia in a patient with postpartum endometritis which was successfully treated by amoxicilline-clavunalate. There is more and more evidence that L. amnonii has its role in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and postpartum endometritis.

Keywords: Leptotrichia amnionii; PID; Snaethia amnionii; endometritis.