1.A Case of Campylobacter Fetus Subdural Empyema.
Hyung Jin SHIN ; Hee Won JUNG ; Eui Chong KIM ; Je G CHI
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1988;17(4):807-814
Systemic infections of campylobacter fetus are rare in human beings. Only 22 cases(including our case) of C. fetus infection have been reported in Korea. We are presenting a case of subdural empyema caused by C. fetus. The patient was a 71 year old man of chronic alcoholism.
Aged
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Alcoholism
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Campylobacter fetus*
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Campylobacter*
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Empyema, Subdural*
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Fetus
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Humans
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Korea
2.Campylobacter jejuni Bacteremia in a Healthy Child.
Min Jin KIM ; So Young KIM ; Yong Ho PARK ; Hoi Soo YOON ; Jin Tae SUH ; Hee Joo LEE
Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2011;14(3):110-114
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.
Abdominal Pain
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Adolescent
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Agar
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Bacteremia
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Campylobacter
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Campylobacter fetus
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Campylobacter jejuni
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Child
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Enteritis
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Humans
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Korea
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Sequence Analysis
3.Application of a multiplex PCR assay for Campylobacter fetus detection and subspecies differentiation in uncultured samples of aborted bovine fetuses.
Gregorio IRAOLA ; Martin HERNANDEZ ; Lucia CALLEROS ; Fernando PAOLICCHI ; Silvia SILVEYRA ; Alejandra VELILLA ; Luis CARRETTO ; Eliana RODRIGUEZ ; Ruben PEREZ
Journal of Veterinary Science 2012;13(4):371-376
Campylobacter (C.) fetus (epsilonproteobacteria) is an important veterinary pathogen. This species is currently divided into C. fetus subspecies (subsp.) fetus (Cff) and C. fetus subsp. venerealis (Cfv). Cfv is the causative agent of bovine genital Campylobacteriosis, an infectious disease that leads to severe reproductive problems in cattle worldwide. Cff is a more general pathogen that causes reproductive problems mainly in sheep although cattle can also be affected. Here we describe a multiplex PCR method to detect C. fetus and differentiate between subspecies in a single step. The assay was standardized using cultured strains and successfully used to analyze the abomasal liquid of aborted bovine fetuses without any pre-enrichment step. Results of our assay were completely consistent with those of traditional bacteriological diagnostic methods. Furthermore, the multiplex PCR technique we developed may be easily adopted by any molecular diagnostic laboratory as a complementary tool for detecting C. fetus subspecies and obtaining epidemiological information about abortion events in cattle.
Animals
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Campylobacter
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Campylobacter fetus
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Cattle
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Communicable Diseases
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Fetus
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Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Pathology, Molecular
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Sheep
4.A Case of Recurrent Campylobacter fetus Endocarditis in a Healthy Person.
Jae Bum JUN ; Jin Won CHUNG ; Sung Hye KIM ; Moon Hee SONG ; Hyoung Chul OH ; Sung Ki AHN ; Sang Ho CHOI ; Nam Joong KIM ; Yang Soo KIM ; Jun Hee WOO ; Jiso RYU
Infection and Chemotherapy 2004;36(6):373-376
Campylobacter fetus is a rare cause of endocarditis. To date, only about 30 cases of C. fetus endocarditis have been reported mainly in the elderly with chronic underlying illnesses. Most cases showed tendency to involve aortic valve. This report describes a case of native tricuspid valve infective endocarditis in a 69-year-old man without any underlying disease. Despite adequate antibiotic therapy for 4-weeks, endocarditis recurred and leading to surgical valve replacement.
Aged
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Aortic Valve
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Campylobacter fetus*
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Campylobacter*
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Endocarditis*
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Fetus
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Humans
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Surgical Instruments
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Tricuspid Valve
5.A Case of Recurrent Campylobacter fetus Endocarditis in a Healthy Person.
Jae Bum JUN ; Jin Won CHUNG ; Sung Hye KIM ; Moon Hee SONG ; Hyoung Chul OH ; Sung Ki AHN ; Sang Ho CHOI ; Nam Joong KIM ; Yang Soo KIM ; Jun Hee WOO ; Jiso RYU
Infection and Chemotherapy 2004;36(6):373-376
Campylobacter fetus is a rare cause of endocarditis. To date, only about 30 cases of C. fetus endocarditis have been reported mainly in the elderly with chronic underlying illnesses. Most cases showed tendency to involve aortic valve. This report describes a case of native tricuspid valve infective endocarditis in a 69-year-old man without any underlying disease. Despite adequate antibiotic therapy for 4-weeks, endocarditis recurred and leading to surgical valve replacement.
Aged
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Aortic Valve
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Campylobacter fetus*
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Campylobacter*
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Endocarditis*
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Fetus
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Humans
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Surgical Instruments
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Tricuspid Valve
6.A Case of Septic Pneumonia Secondary to Community: acquired Campylobacter fetus Bacteremia.
Ui Seok KIM ; Jung Im SHIN ; Jong Wook SHIN ; Seong Gyun KIM ; Yon Su KIM ; Myong Don OH ; Eui Chong KIM ; Kang Won CHOE
Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases 2002;34(1):73-77
Campylobacter f etus has been increasingly associated with extraintestinal infections in patients with underlying diseases. Pulmonary involvement in human by this organism is rare. We report a case of septic pneumonia secondary to community-acquired C. f etus bacteremia in a 67 year-old man with chronic renal failure.
Aged
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Bacteremia*
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Campylobacter fetus*
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Campylobacter*
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Humans
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Kidney Failure, Chronic
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Pneumonia*
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Sepsis
8.Two Cases of Campylobacter fetus Septicemia.
Yunsop CHONG ; Yoon Chung KIM ; Samuel Y LEE ; Young Myoung MOON
Yonsei Medical Journal 1979;20(1):56-60
Campylobacter fetus subsp. intestinalis was isolated from the blood of two different patients. One patient was a 46-year-old male with liver cirrhosis and the other a 44-year-old male with co1on carcinoma. These are the second and third documented infections of this kind in Korea. Difficulties of their isolation were well illustrated. For instance, the growth was detected after a long incubation of 4 to 6 days. All of the 3 blood cultures from the carcinoma patient, but on1y 2 of 3 specimens from the other patient, yielded the organism.
Adult
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Campylobacter/isolation & purification*
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Campylobacter Infections/microbiology
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Campylobacter fetus/isolation & purification*
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Colonic Neoplasms/microbiology
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Culture Media
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Human
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Liver Cirrhosis/microbiology
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Male
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Middle Age
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Septicemia/microbiology*
9.Campylobacter fetus Peritonitis in a Patient with Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis: A First Case Report in Korea.
Kyuhwa HUR ; Eunyoung LEE ; Jongmyeong KANG ; Yangsoon LEE
Annals of Clinical Microbiology 2018;21(1):20-22
Campylobacter fetus may cause infections such as septicemia, peritonitis, meningitis, endocarditis, septic arthritis, and cellulitis, increasing the risk of spontaneous abortion but decreasing the likelihood of gastroenteritis. We identified C. fetus from continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) fluid using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. It is significant that this is the first case report in Korea of CAPD peritonitis caused by C. fetus, which is known to be rare.
Abortion, Spontaneous
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Arthritis, Infectious
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Campylobacter fetus*
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Campylobacter*
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Cellulitis
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Endocarditis
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Female
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Fetus
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Gastroenteritis
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Genes, rRNA
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Humans
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Korea*
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Meningitis
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Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory*
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Peritonitis*
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Pregnancy
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Sepsis
10.Pyogenic arthritis of the hip due to Campylobacter fetus: a case report.
Chan Dong HAN ; Jin Woo LEE ; Yunsop CHONG
Yonsei Medical Journal 1992;33(1):87-90
Septic arthritis of the hip caused by Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetusis very rare. The authoris isolated C. fetus subsp. fetus from a specimen of the left hip. The patient was a 53-year old man with a history of heavy drinking, diabetes, and chronic hepatitis, and had been suffering from avascular necrosis of both femoral heads. It was considered that the organism invaded already damaged tissue of the joint. The patient was treated with intravenous antibiotics and later received successful total hip replacement.
Arthritis, Infectious/*etiology
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*Campylobacter Infections
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Campylobacter fetus/*isolation & purification
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Case Report
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Femur Head Necrosis/etiology
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Hip/*microbiology
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Human
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Male
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Middle Age