Korean J Infect Dis.  2002 Feb;34(1):73-77.

A Case of Septic Pneumonia Secondary to Community: acquired Campylobacter fetus Bacteremia

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Nat ional University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mdohmd@snu.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Clinical Pathology, Seoul Nat ional University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Campylobacter f etus has been increasingly associated with extraintestinal infections in patients with underlying diseases. Pulmonary involvement in human by this organism is rare. We report a case of septic pneumonia secondary to community-acquired C. f etus bacteremia in a 67 year-old man with chronic renal failure.

Keyword

Campylobacter fetus; Pneumonia; sepsis

MeSH Terms

Aged
Bacteremia*
Campylobacter fetus*
Campylobacter*
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Pneumonia*
Sepsis
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