title: Fatal Campylobacter jejuni bacteraemia in patients with AIDS.
abstract: Two fatal cases of Campylobacter jejuni septicaemia in patients with AIDS were characterised by severe HIV-related immunodeficiency, negative stool cultures and presentation during hospitalisation, developing a clinical picture of fulminant septic shock despite therapy with appropriate antibiotics. Campylobacter spp. are important opportunist pathogens in HIV disease and may cause a septicaemic illness in the absence of enteric disease.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Via Massarenti 11, 1-40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manfredi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Microbiologia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Via Massarenti 11, 1-40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanetti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Microbiologia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Via Massarenti 11, 1-40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Morena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Via Massarenti 11, 1-40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiodo
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged