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Three cases of severe invasive infections caused by Campylobacter rectus and first report of fatal C. rectus infection.

Lam, Jimmy Y W; Wu, Alan K L; Ngai, Dickson C; Teng, Jade L L; Wong, Elsa S Y; Lau, Susanna K P; Lee, Rodney A; Woo, Patrick C Y.

J Clin Microbiol ; 49(4): 1687-91, 2011 Apr.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21270212

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We report the first fatal case of Campylobacter rectus infection due to a subdural empyema and ruptured mycotic intracranial aneurysm and two cases of limb-threatening C. rectus necrotizing soft tissue and bone infection and empyema thoracis that responded to amoxicillin-clavulanate and surgical debridement and drainage. All three strains were identified by 16S rRNA sequencing.

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Campylobacter Infections/diagnosis , Campylobacter Infections/pathology , Campylobacter rectus/isolation & purification , Adult , Aneurysm, Ruptured/complications , Aneurysm, Ruptured/diagnosis , Aneurysm, Ruptured/pathology , Campylobacter Infections/complications , Campylobacter Infections/microbiology , Campylobacter rectus/classification , Campylobacter rectus/genetics , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry , DNA, Ribosomal/genetics , Empyema, Pleural/diagnosis , Empyema, Pleural/microbiology , Empyema, Pleural/pathology , Empyema, Subdural/diagnosis , Empyema, Subdural/microbiology , Empyema, Subdural/pathology , Fatal Outcome , Female , Humans , Intracranial Aneurysm/complications , Intracranial Aneurysm/diagnosis , Intracranial Aneurysm/pathology , Male , Middle Aged , Molecular Sequence Data , Mycoses/complications , Mycoses/diagnosis , Mycoses/pathology , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA

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