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Atopobium Vaginae Bacteremia with Fetal Loss after Chorionic Villus Sampling: A Case Report

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, the Netherlands

2Department of Medical Microbiology, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, the Netherlands


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021, Vol. 9 No. 12, 734-738
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-12-19
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Dieuwertje Horsten, Lore Noben, Laura van Dommelen, Carolien A.M. Koks. Atopobium Vaginae Bacteremia with Fetal Loss after Chorionic Villus Sampling: A Case Report. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(12):734-738. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-12-19.

Correspondence to: Lore  Noben, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Email: lore.noben94@gmail.com

Abstract

Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a procedure in which biopsies of placental tissue are obtained for prenatal genetic diagnosis. Risk of infection after CVS is low and only sporadic cases of postprocedural sepsis have been reported. Clostridium perfrigens and Escherichia coli are the most commonly described pathogens in cases of sepsis after prenatal invasive diagnostic procedures. However, this report describes a case of sepsis with fetal loss after CVS caused by Atopobium vaginae.

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