title: Campylobacter fetus of reptile origin as a human pathogen.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Zheng-Chao
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeitlin
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gagner
authors.forename: Thormika
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keo
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Blaser
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents