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Bacteremia due to C ampylobacter in renal transplantation: a case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Pereira L.,
Sampaio S.,
Tavares I.,
Bustorff M.,
Pestana M.
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.12302
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , enteritis , intensive care medicine , diarrhea , campylobacter jejuni , transplantation , cellulitis , sepsis , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , bacteria
C ampylobacter species are the leading cause of acute bacterial diarrhea in industrialized countries. However, bacteremia is detected in <1% of patients with C ampylobacter enteritis and is most likely to occur in patients who are immunocompromised or of older age. To our knowledge, only 2 cases of C ampylobacter jejuni bacteremia have been reported in renal transplant recipients ( RTR s). We present a case of an RTR with C . jejuni bacteremia presenting as self‐limiting diarrhea followed by fever and cellulitis. The patient was successfully treated with a 2‐week course of imipenem and developed no other complications. We review all cases of C ampylobacter bacteremia in RTR s, and discuss clinical presentation and treatment of this potentially fatal disease.