Campylobacter fetus bacteraemia in a healthy individual: clinical and therapeutical implications.
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.
Zonios
Dimitrios I
DI
Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, Athens 115 27, Greece. dzonios@otenet.gr
Panayiotakopoulos
Georgios D
GD
Kabletsas
Eleytherios O
EO
Tzima
Eystathia L
EL
Stefanou
Ioanna
I
Archimandritis
Athanasios J
AJ
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
D005947:Glucose