Recurrent bacteremia and multifocal lower limb cellulitis due to Helicobacter-like organisms in a patient with X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia.
We describe a 27-year-old man with X-linked (Bruton's) hypogammaglobulinemia who presented during a 10-month period with recurrent fevers and multifocal lower-limb cellulitis associated with bacteremia due to Helicobacter-like organisms ("Flexispira rappini" and Helicobacter canis). Susceptible individuals may acquire infection of this type as a result of exposure to young dogs.
Gerrard
J
J
Department of Microbiology, Gold Coast Hospital, Queensland, Australia. jgerrard@bigpond.net.au
Alfredson
D
D
Smith
I
I
D000328:Adult; D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008040:Genetic Linkage / Q000235:genetics; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000235:genetics