title: A case of defibrillator-associated infective endocarditis due to Campylobacter fetus.
abstract: Campylobacter spp. are Gram-negative, spiral motile bacteria. Infections caused by Campylobacter fetus are frequently of invasive character, but they are very rare. The described case of infection of a cardioverter defibrillator implantation site was effectively cured with antibiotics, but it required removal of the cardioverter defibrillator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland. asekowska@cm.umk.pl.
authors.forename: A
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6380-3968
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sękowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fabiszak
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mikucka
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andrzejewska
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kruszyńska
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gospodarek
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klawe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D047548:Defibrillators / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial