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Case Reports
. 1994 May;5(3):133-6.
doi: 10.1155/1994/318928.

Sacroiliitis and septicemia caused by Campylobacter rectus and Actinomyces odontolyticus

P Harvey  1 , P Bayardelle, R Bélanger, L Fortin
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Case Reports

Sacroiliitis and septicemia caused by Campylobacter rectus and Actinomyces odontolyticus

P Harvey et al. Can J Infect Dis. 1994 May.

Abstract
in English, French

Campylobacter rectus, formerly known as Wolinella recta, is an anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus, generally recognized as an agent responsible for severe periodontitis; only two cases of extra-oral infections have been reported. The first case of septicemia with C rectus and Actinomyces odontolyticus is described in a 37-year-old farmer who suffered from severe sacroiliitis. Also presented are a review of C rectus in human pathology, and a brief review of pyogenic sacroiliitis, a rather rare disease.

Campylobacter rectus, que l’on appelait auparavant Wolinella recta, est un bacille gram négatif anaérobie qui est reconnu comme un agent étiologique de périodontite sévère; seulement deux cas d’infection originant hors de la cavité buccale ont été publiés. Nous rapportons le premier cas de septicémie à C rectus et Actinomyces odontolyticus chez un fermier de 37 ans qui a présenté une sacro-iléite sévère. Nous présentons également une revue de la pathogénicité humaine de C rectus et une brève revue de la sacro-iléite infectieuse, une maladie plutôt rare de nos jours.

Keywords: Actinomyces odontolyticus; Campylobacter rectus; Pyogenic sacroiliitis.

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Figure 1
Computed tomography scan 17 days after admission, revealing osteomyelitis of the iliac side of the left sacroiliac joint with persistance of musculature enlargement
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