Helicobacter sp. Flexispira Bacteremia in an Immunocompetent Young Adult
Year: 2001
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A young immunocompetent patient was admitted for a febrile illness with malaise, arthralgias, painful leg swelling, and polyserositis. Shortly prior to becoming ill, the patient had traveled to the Northern African desert. The symptoms disappeared during treatment with antibiotics (doxycycline and ceftriaxone) but recurred twice after stopping therapy. A motile gram-negative fusiform rod was isolated from a blood culture taken on the first admission. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene of the blood culture isolate revealed close similarity with Helicobacter sp. flexispira taxon 8 (99.9% identity), a species that was previously reported as "Flexispira rappini." This is the first reported case of a recurrent Helicobacter sp. flexispira bacteremia in an adult, immunocompetent patient.
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Authors: Anne Iten, Susanne Graf, Martin Egger, Martin Täuber, Joerg Graf
Institutions: University Hospital of Bern, University of Bern
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2151333962