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- Title
Bloodstream infection caused by Campylobacter lari.
- Authors
Morishita, Shota; Fujiwara, Hiromitsu; Murota, Hiromi; Maeda, Yumi; Hara, Ayako; Horii, Toshinobu
- Abstract
We describe a case of bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by Campylobacter lari in a 58-year-old man diagnosed with lumbar pyogenic spondylitis. Anaerobic blood cultures, taken on the day of admission and on hospital day 4, were positive after 30 h of incubation, although no bacteria were detected by Gram staining. After subculture on 5 % sheep blood agar for 2 days at 35 °C in a 5 % CO environment, capnophilic, curved, gram-negative bacteria were recovered. The bacteria were identified as C. lari using a combination of phenotypic identification methods and partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The BSI was eradicated following combination therapy with intravenous tazobactam/piperacillin, oral erythromycin, and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim. These results suggest that accurate identification, to the species level, is important to determine effective treatment of BSI caused by Campylobacter spp. and can help us to understand the epidemiology.
- Subjects
BLOOD diseases; CAMPYLOBACTER infections; GRAM-negative bacterial diseases; SPONDYLITIS; GRAM'S stain
- Publication
Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy (Springer Science & Business Media B.V.), 2013, Vol 19, Issue 2, p333
- ISSN
1341-321X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10156-012-0471-y