Campylobacter coli septicaemia associated with septic abortion

A 19-year-old patient was 27 weeks pregnant when admitted to hospital with fever, chills and premature labours. The following day she aborted. Campylobacter coli was isolated from blood cultures, maternal placenta and amniotic fluid and from the ear, nose and pharynx of the stillbirth. Campylobacter could not be isolated from stool specimens after antimicrobial treatment had been started.