Intra-amniotic Infection Caused by Capnocytophaga Species

Hiroshige  Mikamo; Kyoko  Kawazoe; Yasumasa  Sato; Koji  Izumi; Teruhiko  Tamaya

doi:10.1155/S1064744996000580

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1996)

Intra-amniotic Infection Caused by Capnocytophaga Species

Hiroshige Mikamo,
Kyoko Kawazoe,
Yasumasa Sato,
Koji Izumi,
Teruhiko Tamaya

Affiliations

Hiroshige Mikamo: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu City Gifu 500, Japan
Kyoko Kawazoe: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu City Gifu 500, Japan
Yasumasa Sato: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu City Gifu 500, Japan
Koji Izumi: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu City Gifu 500, Japan
Teruhiko Tamaya: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu City Gifu 500, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744996000580
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 5
pp. 301 – 302

Abstract

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Background: Capnocytophaga species are common oral pathogens and infrequent causes of systemic infection in patients with compromised host. The isolation of this organism suggests an oral source of infection.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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