Plesiomonas shigelloides: An Unusual Cause of Septic Abortion

Gilbert Cornut; Xavier Marchand-Senecal; Christiane Gaudreau; Jeremie Berdugo; Gilles Gariepy; Catherine Tremblay; Patrice Savard

doi:10.1155/2017/9363707

Plesiomonas shigelloides: An Unusual Cause of Septic Abortion

Case Rep Infect Dis. 2017:2017:9363707. doi: 10.1155/2017/9363707. Epub 2017 May 28.

Authors

Gilbert Cornut^{1

2}, Xavier Marchand-Senecal^{1

2}, Christiane Gaudreau^{1

2}, Jeremie Berdugo^{3

4}, Gilles Gariepy^{3

4}, Catherine Tremblay^{5

6}, Patrice Savard^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Microbiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
³ Anatomical Pathology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁵ Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Abstract

Plesiomonas shigelloides, the only oxidase-positive Enterobacteriaceae, is an inhabitant of freshwater and estuary ecosystems. We report the first possible case of Plesiomonas shigelloides-induced septic abortion. This 24-year-old female was successfully treated by dilatation and curettage as well as antimicrobial therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports