https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2467

Bacteraemia due to Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus in a liver transplanted patient

Vol. 25 No. 2 (2010)
Submitted: 14 February 2014
Accepted: 14 February 2014
Published: 30 June 2010
Campylobacter fetus, bacteraemia.
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Tito Del Gaudio
titodelgaudio@tiscali.it
Maria Antonietta Distasi
Mariella Porzio
Antonio Parisi
Michele Cannone
Nicola Minervino
Adriana Mosca
Giuseppe Miragliotta
Campylobacter fetus is a mobile, curved or spiral-shaped Gram negative bacillus.We report a case of bacteraemia due to C. fetus subsp. fetus isolated from a 47-year-old male patient liver transplanted, with underlying cardiovascular disease and receiving immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporine.This patient was admitted to the hospital with fever and pain to both the legs.After admission, the microorganism isolated from blood-culture was identified as Campylobacter fetus subsp fetus either by traditional methods or by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Our observation emphasizes the possibility that such unusual microorganisms can be isolated from immunosuppressed patients and, therefore, particular attention should be paid to the strategies for their detection.

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Del Gaudio, T., Distasi, M. A., Porzio, M., Parisi, A., Cannone, M., Minervino, N., Mosca, A., & Miragliotta, G. (2010). Bacteraemia due to Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus in a liver transplanted patient. Microbiologia Medica, 25(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2467

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