Fatal Campylobacter jejuni bacteraemia in patients with AIDS.
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.
Manfredi
Roberto
R
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Via Massarenti 11, 1-40138 Bologna, Italy.
Nanetti
Anna
A
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Microbiologia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Via Massarenti 11, 1-40138 Bologna, Italy.
Ferri
Morena
M
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Microbiologia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Via Massarenti 11, 1-40138 Bologna, Italy.
Chiodo
Francesco
F
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Via Massarenti 11, 1-40138 Bologna, Italy.
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