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Acute Placental Infection Due to Klebsiella pneumoniae: Report of a Unique Case

Author(s) -

Salwa Sheikh,

Samir S. Amr,

Janice M. Lage

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.656

H-Index - 48

eISSN - 1098-0997

pISSN - 1064-7449

DOI - 10.1155/2005/560841

Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , chorioamnionitis , abortion , medicine , fetus , gestation , placenta , microbiology and biotechnology , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , biochemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene

A 40-year-old woman, gravida 9, with seven healthy children and a history of one abortion (p 7 + 1), presented at 18 weeks of gestation with fever and malodorous vaginal discharge. Ultrasound revealed a macerated fetus. The placenta showed acute chorioamnionitis and acute villitis with microabscess formation. Blood and vaginal cultures both grew Klebsiella pneumoniae. This is the first reported case in English literature of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing suppurative placentitis leading to fetaldemise

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