Campylobacter jejuni Bacteremia in a Healthy Child.
10.5145/KJCM.2011.14.3.110
- Author:
Min Jin KIM
1
;
So Young KIM
;
Yong Ho PARK
;
Hoi Soo YOON
;
Jin Tae SUH
;
Hee Joo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. leehejo@khmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Campylobacter jejuni;
Bacteremia;
Blood culture;
16s rRNA sequence analysis
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Adolescent;
Agar;
Bacteremia;
Campylobacter;
Campylobacter fetus;
Campylobacter jejuni;
Child;
Enteritis;
Humans;
Korea;
Sequence Analysis
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2011;14(3):110-114
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Campylobacter jejuni is one of the important bacterial pathogens causing entero-invasive diarrhea; however, C. jejuni infection is rarely complicated by bacteremia or extra-intestinal localization. In the domestic literature, the majority of the relevant reports have focused on Campylobacter fetus, which causes bacteremia more frequently than enteritis, but there are no reports of C. jejuni bacteremia in Korea. We present the case of a 13-year-old girl who presented with abdominal pain. Blood cultures revealed curved Gram- negative bacilli and small, mucoid, gray colonies on blood agar plates at 37degrees C. Biochemical tests showed oxidase-positive colonies. To confirm the species, 16S rRNA sequence analysis was performed. The isolate exhibited 99.7% homology to C. jejuni subsp. jejuni. The patient was treated with third-generation cephalosporin and aminoglycoside and had negative blood cultures after three days of treatment. She fully recovered within four days with no complications.
