Campylobacter fetus of reptile origin as a human pathogen.
A Campylobacter species was isolated from blood from a febrile patient with precursor T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and after antibiotic treatment, a similar bacterium was isolated from blood 37 days later. Although phenotypic testing did not definitively identify the organisms, molecular analysis indicated that they were the same strain of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus and were of reptile origin.
Tu
Zheng-Chao
ZC
Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA.
Zeitlin
Gary
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Gagner
Jean-Pierre
JP
Keo
Thormika
T
Hanna
Bruce A
BA
Blaser
Martin J
MJ
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012104:Reptiles
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents