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Isolation of Campylobacter fetus from blood cultures
Author(s) -
Tilse Martyn H.,
McAlister Thomas V.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb100993.x
Subject(s) - campylobacter fetus , campylobacter , fetus , isolation (microbiology) , bacteremia , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , blood culture , medicine , pregnancy , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics
Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus, previously known as Campylobacter fetus subsp. intestinalis , was isolated from two blood cultures taken from a 45‐year‐old man admitted with gastrointestinal symptoms and a history of lymphocytic lymphoma. Campylobacters are not common blood culture isolates but can be a cause of bacteraemia and septicaemia especially in the compromised host. The isolation and identification of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus by standard blood culture techniques is described and a literature review of 112 cases of Campylobacter bacteraemia is presented.