Alloscardovia omnicolens emerging presence in premature rupture of membranes
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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10481/90606Metadatos
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Cardona-Benavides, Inmaculada; Puertas Prieto, Alberto; Pinilla-Martín, Francisco José; Navarro-Marí, José María; Gutiérrez Fernández, JoséEditorial
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Alloscardovia omnicolens Emerging infection Premature rupture of membrane
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2019-10Referencia bibliográfica
Cardona-Benavides I, Puertas-Prieto A, Pinilla-Martín FJ, Navarro-Marí JM, Gutiérrez-Fernández J. Alloscardovia omnicolens emerging presence in premature rupture of membranes. New Microbiol. 2019 Oct;42(4):237-239.
Resumen
Alloscardovia omnicolens is a recently-reported microorganism with unknown pathogenic implications. It has been isolated in various clinical localizations but not in the endocervix. We isolated A. omnicolens in an endocervical sample from a 31-yr-old patient with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) in week 33+3 of pregnancy. The main risk of PPROM is prematurity and the possibility of developing infectious chorioamnionitis, which can be lethal for the mother and newborn. This is the first report of an association between A. omnicolens and PPROM, although its pathogenic role has not yet been elucidated.