Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus from a patient with cellulitis.
Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus is a gram-negative, slender, spirally curved bacterial pathogen. It has been isolated from human blood, spinal fluid, and abscesses, but cellulitis associated with bacteremia is rare. We report its isolation from a blood culture of a human patient with cellulitis as well as difficulties encountered in determining the identity of the subspecies of C. fetus.
Briedis
Dalius J
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4.
Khamessan
Ali
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McLaughlin
Richard W
RW
Vali
Hojatollah
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Panaritou
Maria
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Chan
Eddie C S
EC
D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D003470:Culture Media; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S