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Campylobacter fetus of Reptile Origin as a Human Pathogen

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: A Campylobacter species was isolated from blood from a febrile patient with precursor T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and after antibiotic treatment, a similar bacterium was isolated from blood 37 days later. Although phenotypic testing did not definitively identify the organisms, molecular analysis indicated that they were the same strain of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus and were of reptile origin.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.9.4405-4407.2004

Authors: Zheng-Chao Tu, Gary Zeitlin, Jean-Pierre Gagner, Thormika Keo, Bruce A. Hanna, Martin J. Blaser

Institutions: New York University, United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Language: English

Topic: Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases