ISSN:
1432-1440
Keywords:
Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus
;
Diarrhea
;
Bacteremia
;
Osteomyelitis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary During a six-year period five patients withCampylobacter fetus subspecies fetus infections were seen at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Bacteremia was observed in two patients, one presenting with aortic valve endocarditis and the other with abdominal atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm.C. fetus subsp. fetus was isolated from tibial tissue of a patient with osteomyelitis. Diarrhea was the main complaint of two further patients, and was also mentioned by the patient with the aortic aneurysm. Despite the use of incubation conditions and selective media geared to detect onlyCampylobacter jejuni, C. fetus subsp. fetus was isolated from stool specimens of the two patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. The fact that three of fiveC. fetus subsp. fetus infections observed in this study were associated with intestinal symptoms further supports the importance of the gastrointestinal tract in the pathogenesis ofC. fetus subsp. fetus infections.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01744276
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