ENDOCERVICAL INFECTION IN A PREGNANT WOMAN CAUSED BY NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS - EVIDENCE OF ASSOCIATED OROPHARYNGEAL COLONIZATION OF THE MALEPARTNER

Authors
HARRIAU P RAMANANTSOA C PIERRE F RIOU JY QUENTIN R
Citation
P. Harriau et al., ENDOCERVICAL INFECTION IN A PREGNANT WOMAN CAUSED BY NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS - EVIDENCE OF ASSOCIATED OROPHARYNGEAL COLONIZATION OF THE MALEPARTNER, European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, 74(2), 1997, pp. 145-147
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology","Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03012115
Volume
74
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
145 - 147
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-2115(1997)74:2<145:EIIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A case of premature birth associated with an endocervical infection ca used by Neisseria meningitidis is reported. Treatment of the mother wi th amoxycillin eradicated the bacteria from the endocervix and avoided newborn colonization or infection. Epidemiological investigation iden tified meningococcal oropharyngeal colonization of the male partner. T he two strains were of the same antigenic formula B:4:P1.14 and exhibi ted identical rDNA restriction fragment patterns and outer membrane pr otein profiles. This phenotypic and genomic identity of strains is the first clear evidence for cross-colonization between sexual partners. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.