First case of bacteremia and multifocal cellulitis due to Helicobacter canis in an immunocompetent patient.
Bacteremia due to Helicobacter canis has been reported in a patient with X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia. Here we report on the first human case of H. canis bacteremia in an immunocompetent host. Identification of the organism was made by genetic and phylogenetic analyses of the complete 16S rRNA sequence.
Leemann
Corinne
C
Infectious Diseases Service, University Hospital, CHUV BH 07-865, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Gambillara
Eleonora
E
Prod'hom
Guy
G
Jaton
Katia
K
Panizzon
Renato
R
Bille
Jacques
J
Francioli
Patrick
P
Greub
Gilbert
G
Laffitte
Emmanuel
E
Tarr
Philip E
PE
D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013557:Switzerland
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S