Neonatal sepsis by Campylobacter jejuni: genetically proven transmission from a household puppy.
We report a case of neonatal Campylobacter jejuni sepsis in a 3-week-old infant who acquired the infection through transmission from a recently acquired household puppy. Genotyping of Campylobacter strains obtained from puppy and child resulted in highly homogeneous findings. This represents the first genetically proven C. jejuni dog-human transmission.
Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands. T.Wolfs@wkz.azu.nl
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D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*