A case of uterine endometritis caused by Atopobium vaginae

Yuka Yamagishi; Hiroshige Mikamo; Kaori Tanaka; Kunitomo Watanabe

doi:10.1007/s10156-010-0100-6

A case of uterine endometritis caused by Atopobium vaginae

J Infect Chemother. 2011 Feb;17(1):119-21. doi: 10.1007/s10156-010-0100-6. Epub 2010 Aug 14.

Authors

Yuka Yamagishi¹, Hiroshige Mikamo, Kaori Tanaka, Kunitomo Watanabe

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Aichi Medical University, Aichi-gun, Aichi, Japan. y.yamagishi@mac.com

PMID: 20706763
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0100-6

Abstract

Although Atopobium vaginae has been reported as a causative organisms in patients with bacterial vaginosis and/or tubo-ovarian abscess, clinical significance of Atopobium species has not been defined to date. Here we report the case of uterine endometritis caused by A. vaginae.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Actinobacteria / drug effects
Actinobacteria / genetics
Actinobacteria / isolation & purification*
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Endometritis / drug therapy
Endometritis / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Meropenem
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Thienamycins / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Thienamycins
Meropenem