title: Indwelling device-related bacteremia caused by serum-susceptible Campylobacter coli.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Luh
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids