A Case of Bacteremia Caused by Arcobacter butzleri.
- Author:
Kyeong Seob SHIN
1
;
Bo Ra SON
;
Seung Bok HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea. ksshin@chungbuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Arcobacter butzleri;
Bacteremia;
16S rRNA sequencing
- MeSH:
Amikacin;
Arcobacter*;
Bacteremia*;
Campylobacter;
Humans;
Korea;
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic;
Male;
Middle Aged
- From:The Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2005;25(4):259-261
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Arcobacter butzleri, a gram-negative, slightly curved bacterium previously described as an aerotolerant Campylobacter, was isolated from the blood of a 53-year-old male patient with alcoholic cirrhosis. The isolate was identified by various phenotypic tests and 16S rRNA sequencing analysis. The patient was treated with amikacin and recovered uneventfully. To our knowledge, this is the first case of A. butzleri bacteremia reported in Korea.
