Shikhama, Ya.A., Pozdeev, O.K., Ibragimova, A.A.,Minullina, N.K., Fedorova, Zh.P., Khasanov, A.A., Ilyinskaya, O.N.

Isolation of Campylobacter fetus from persons with obstetric-gynecological infections

Kazan State Medical Universtity, Russia

Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus is a cause of different obstetric-gynecological diseases. It is a first time when rate of infection with Campylobacter was studied and connection between the infection and development of chronic gynecologic diseases and pathology of labor was established. Bacteria were isolated and identified in 36.0%±0.7 of studied women admitted to inpatient clinics. It was established that Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus can cause abnormalities in placenta functions as well as different inflammatory processes during pregnancy.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2009, No. 1, P. 80—83