Capnocytophaga bacteremia complicating premature delivery by cesarean section

Abstract
A case of endomyometritis associated withCapnocytophaga ochracea bacteremia following premature delivery is described. The patient, a 30 year old woman without immunological incompetence or other predisposing disease, responded to peroral pivmecillinam.Capnocytophaga spp. should be considered a possible cause of post-partum endometritis.