Denton K J, Clarke T
Nuffield Department of Pathology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
J Clin Pathol. 1992 Feb;45(2):171-2. doi: 10.1136/jcp.45.2.171.
Members of the genus Campylobacter are well recognised as enteric pathogens but have rarely been implicated as human placental pathogens. A case of septic abortion due to C jejuni is reported. This occurred in a previously healthy woman with a diarrhoeal illness. The presence of chorioamnionitis raises the possibility of ascending infection rather than septicaemic spread as the pathogenesis. Members of the genus Campylobacter have special culture requirements and their incidence as placental pathogens may therefore be underestimated.
弯曲杆菌属成员被公认为肠道病原体，但很少被认为是人类胎盘病原体。本文报告了一例因空肠弯曲杆菌导致的感染性流产病例。该病例发生在一名先前健康、患有腹泻疾病的女性身上。绒毛膜羊膜炎的存在提示发病机制可能是上行感染而非败血症播散。弯曲杆菌属成员有特殊的培养要求，因此它们作为胎盘病原体的发生率可能被低估。
