Pasteurella multocidaChorioamnionitis Associated with Premature Delivery and Neonatal Sepsis and Death

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Abstract
This is the case of a 22-year-old pregnant woman with a 6-week history of ruptured fetal membranes who developed fever and abdominal cramps and then delivered a premature infant. The infant died 1½ hours after delivery. Pasteurella multocida was cultured from the infant’s cord blood, the endometrium of the mother, and a pet house cat. Histologic examination of the placenta showed severe acute chorioamnionitis and omphalitis. This is, to the authors’ knowledge, the first published case of chorioamnionitis and neonatal sepsis due to Pasteurella multocida.