Thilesen CM, Nicolaidis M, Lökebö JE, Falsen E, Jorde AT, Müller F Leptotrichia amnionii - an emerging pathogen of the female urogenital tract. Two case reports and a review of the literature. [JOURNAL ARTICLE] J Clin Microbiol 2007 May 23.
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 chorionamnionitis and L. amnionii bacteremia, and a case of renal abscess, in a female five weeks postpartum.
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