title: Campylobacter fetus bacteraemia in a healthy individual: clinical and therapeutical implications.
abstract: Campylobacter species are well-recognized common causes of gastrointestinal infections. While Campylobacter jejuni is probably the most common Campylobacter isolated in humans, Campylobacter fetus is rather infrequent and mostly related with bacteraemia. Even on such occasions, it seems that immunocompetent individuals are spared. We report a case of C. fetus bacteraemia in a healthy-except for impaired fasting glucose (IFG) levels-farmer, presenting as an acute febrile syndrome and treated successfully as brucellosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, Athens 115 27, Greece. dzonios@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Dimitrios I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Zonios
authors.forename: Georgios D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Panayiotakopoulos
authors.forename: Eleytherios O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Kabletsas
authors.forename: Eystathia L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Tzima
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stefanou
authors.forename: Athanasios J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Archimandritis
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose