Sneathia amnii and Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Stillbirth, Mozambique

Abstract

We report a case of Sneathia amnii as the causative agent of maternal chorioamnionitis and congenital pneumonia resulting in a late fetal death in Mozambique, with strong supportive postmortem molecular and histopathologic confirmation. This rare, fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus has been reported to infrequently cause abortions, stillbirths, and neonatal infections.

Keywords

• Sneathia amnii
• gram-negative infection
• chorioamnionitis
• stillbirth
• bacteria
• Mozambique