Campylobacter fetus bacteraemia in a healthy individual: clinical and therapeutical implications

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• 作者：Dimitrios I. Zonios ; Georgios D. Panayiotakopoulos ; Eleytherios O. Kabletsas ; Eystathia L. Tzima ; Ioanna Stefanou ; Athanasios J. Archim ; ritis
• 关键词：Campylobacter fetus ; Bacteraemia ; Impaired fasting glucose ; Immunocompetent
• 刊名：Journal of Infection
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：November 2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：51
• 期：4
• 页码：329-332
• 全文大小：83 K

文摘

Campylobacter species are well-recognized common causes of gastrointestinal infections. While Campylobacter jejuni is probably the most common Campylobacter isolated in humans, Campylobacter fetus is rather infrequent and mostly related with bacteraemia. Even on such occasions, it seems that immunocompetent individuals are spared. We report a case of C. fetus bacteraemia in a healthy—except for impaired fasting glucose (IFG) levels-farmer, presenting as an acute febrile syndrome and treated successfully as brucellosis.