Campylobacter jejuni in pregnancy.
Case notes of pregnancies with proven Campylobacter jejuni infections were collected from 2 Queensland teaching hospitals and reviewed. Of these cases, 2 pregnancies (3 fetuses) resulted in stillbirths, 2 neonates required treatment with antibiotic therapy within 2 days of birth, while the remaining 2 pregnancies were treated at the time of the infection and were not associated with adverse outcome. Maternal Campylobacter infection should be actively sought for in the patient with suspected infectious diarrhoea.
Goh
J
J
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland.
Flynn
M
M
D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies