title: Campylobacter fetus Bacteremia in a Healthy Patient Returning from a Trip to the Ecuadorian Amazonia.
abstract: Campylobacter fetus is an opportunistic pathogen which causes bacteremia and other invasive infections in immunocompromised patients who have been exposed to livestock or ingested animal products (uncooked meat or unpasteurized milk). The present report describes a C. fetus infection in a healthy adult (immunocompetent) who returned from a visit to the Ecuadorian Amazonia and who did not report exposure to the typical sources of infection.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chávez
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barrera
authors.affiliation: Sistemas Médicos SIME-USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiología, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trueba
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004484:Ecuador / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Amazonia; Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus; multilocus sequence typing; wildlife