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Case Reports
. 2007 Jul;45(7):2334-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02562-06. Epub 2007 May 16.

Fatal relapse of a purulent pleurisy caused by Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus

Jean-Winoc Decousser  1 , Valérie Prouzet-Mauléon, Christine Bartizel, Thomas Gin, Jean-Pierre Colin, Nicolas Fadel, C Holler, J Pollet, Francis Megraud
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Fatal relapse of a purulent pleurisy caused by Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus

Jean-Winoc Decousser et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

Campylobacter fetus is associated with invasive disease, while other Campylobacter species, such as C. coli and C. jejuni, are a common cause of bacterial diarrhea. Bacteremia has been well described, but pleurisy remains very uncommon. We report the recurrent isolation of a C. fetus subsp. fetus strain during two episodes of pleural effusion with a fatal outcome.

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RAPD profiles of the four Campylobacter fetus strains tested, obtained with three different primers. Lanes: 1, 2004/667H isolate; 2, 2004/670H isolate; 3, CIP53.96 type strain; 4, 01190 type strain; 5, water; M, molecular size markers (1-kb ladder [Invitrogen]).
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