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Campylobacter bacteraemia: a report of 10 cases
Author(s) -
Spelman Denis W.,
Davidson Nina,
Buckmaster Nicholas D.,
Spicer W. John,
Ryan Peter
Publication year - 1986
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.1326-5377.1986.tb139451.x
Subject(s) - cellulitis , medicine , campylobacter jejuni , campylobacter , bacteremia , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , antibiotics , genetics
Ten cases of Campylobacter bacteraemia, which were diagnosed over a three‐year period, are described. Four patients presented with acute gastrointestinal illnesses, three patients had acute febrile illnesses, two patients had cellulitis and one patient presented with ureteric colic. Two patients had lifelong agamma‐globulinaemia, two were undergoing corticosteroid therapy and there was one nosocomial infection. In contrast with previous reports, the most common species that was isolated was Campylobacter jejuni , which was found in eight cases, and this includes the first report of cellulitis that was most probably caused by C. jejuni. All of these isolations of Campylobacter have occurred since the introduction of the radiometric technique of processing blood cultures.