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Campylobacter jejuni in pregnancy
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland.
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.
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.