A Case of Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteraemia in a Previously Healthy Person with Cellulitis

Helicobacter cinaedi is an infrequent, but well recognized cause of gastroenteritis in immunosuppressed patients. Here we report a case of an extra-intestinal infection in a previous healthy 61-year old heterosexual male. Focus for the infection was most likely cellulitis on the lower right leg. The...

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Autores principales: Holst, Helle, Andresen, Keld, Blom, Jens, Højlyng, Niels, Kemp, Michael, Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki, Christensen, Jens Jørgen
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2593038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19088908
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874285800802010029
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author Holst, Helle
Andresen, Keld
Blom, Jens
Højlyng, Niels
Kemp, Michael
Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki
Christensen, Jens Jørgen
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Andresen, Keld
Blom, Jens
Højlyng, Niels
Kemp, Michael
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description Helicobacter cinaedi is an infrequent, but well recognized cause of gastroenteritis in immunosuppressed patients. Here we report a case of an extra-intestinal infection in a previous healthy 61-year old heterosexual male. Focus for the infection was most likely cellulitis on the lower right leg. The bacterium was cultured from blood twice within one week. Electron microscopy of the isolate visualized bipolar flagella. Partial DNA sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and phenotypic characterization of the isolate established the species diagnosis. The patient was treated with rifampicin. After end of treatment blood cultures were negative and the cellulitis had disappeared.
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spelling pubmed-25930382008-12-16 A Case of Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteraemia in a Previously Healthy Person with Cellulitis Holst, Helle Andresen, Keld Blom, Jens Højlyng, Niels Kemp, Michael Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki Christensen, Jens Jørgen Open Microbiol J Article Helicobacter cinaedi is an infrequent, but well recognized cause of gastroenteritis in immunosuppressed patients. Here we report a case of an extra-intestinal infection in a previous healthy 61-year old heterosexual male. Focus for the infection was most likely cellulitis on the lower right leg. The bacterium was cultured from blood twice within one week. Electron microscopy of the isolate visualized bipolar flagella. Partial DNA sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and phenotypic characterization of the isolate established the species diagnosis. The patient was treated with rifampicin. After end of treatment blood cultures were negative and the cellulitis had disappeared. Bentham Science Publishers Ltd 2008-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2593038/ /pubmed/19088908 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874285800802010029 Text en 2008 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/), which permits unrestrictive use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Holst, Helle
Andresen, Keld
Blom, Jens
Højlyng, Niels
Kemp, Michael
Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki
Christensen, Jens Jørgen
A Case of Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteraemia in a Previously Healthy Person with Cellulitis
title A Case of Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteraemia in a Previously Healthy Person with Cellulitis
title_full A Case of Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteraemia in a Previously Healthy Person with Cellulitis
title_fullStr A Case of Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteraemia in a Previously Healthy Person with Cellulitis
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteraemia in a Previously Healthy Person with Cellulitis
title_short A Case of Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteraemia in a Previously Healthy Person with Cellulitis
title_sort case of helicobacter cinaedi bacteraemia in a previously healthy person with cellulitis
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2593038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19088908
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874285800802010029
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