Korean J Infect Dis.
2002 Feb;34(1):73-77.
A Case of Septic Pneumonia Secondary to Community: acquired Campylobacter fetus Bacteremia
- Affiliations
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- 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
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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.