title: "Helicobacter rappini" isolates from 2 homosexual men.
abstract: We report 2 cases of bacteremia due to "Helicobacter rappini" in 2 young, homosexual men, including the first report of H. rappini in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient. Blood cultures showed a spiral, fusiform, gram-negative bacterium with bipolar sheathed flagella.
authors.affiliation: Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jenney
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McPhee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mijch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dyall-Smith
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male