Sneathia amnii and Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Stillbirth, Mozambique

Abstract

We report a case of Sneathia amnii as the causative agent of maternal chorioamnionitis and congenital pneumonia resulting in a late fetal death in Mozambique, with strong supportive postmortem molecular and histopathologic confirmation. This rare, fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus has been reported to infrequently cause abortions, stillbirths, and neonatal infections.

Keywords: Mozambique; Sneathia amnii; bacteria; chorioamnionitis; gram-negative infection; stillbirth.