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H elicobacter canis bacteremia in a renal transplant patient
Author(s) -
Vusse M.L.,
Son W.J.,
Ott A.,
Manson W.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12174
Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , ciprofloxacin , canis , kidney transplantation , transplantation , blood culture , antibiotics , renal transplant , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , biology , paleontology
Here we present a case report of a 41‐year‐old woman suffering from high fever and bacteremia due to H elicobacter canis , 11 months after kidney transplantation. Identification of H . canis was achieved by 16s rDNA sequence analysis of a positive blood culture. The patient was restored fully to health after antibiotics therapy (cefuroxime and ciprofloxacin). Until now, only 4 human clinical cases have been described with H . canis bacteremia. This study describes for the first time, to our knowledge, an infection with H . canis in a kidney transplant patient.