Indwelling device-related bacteremia caused by serum-susceptible Campylobacter coli.
Two isolates of serum-susceptible Campylobacter coli were recovered in a 7-day interval from blood from a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis whose peritoneal-caval (Denver's) shunt malfunctioned. Identical random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprints, cellular fatty acid chromatograms, and antibiograms of the two isolates indicate that C. coli has the ability to cause catheter-related bacteremia following its colonization of the catheter.
Hsueh
P R
PR
Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
Teng
L J
LJ
Yang
P C
PC
Ho
S W
SW
Luh
K T
KT
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D015610:Serum Bactericidal Test; D013045:Species Specificity
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids