title: First case report of fatal sepsis due to Campylobacter upsaliensis.
abstract: We encountered a rare case of severe fatal infection in a 70-year-old woman due to Campylobacter upsaliensis, identified by PCR amplification and sequencing analysis of the 16S rRNA gene using DNA extracted from the isolates. To our knowledge, fatal sepsis due to this organism has never been described to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Nami
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ayaka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan ohkusu@tokyo-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kiyofumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkusu
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D044885:Campylobacter upsaliensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S