Ann Clin Microbiol.  2014 Jun;17(2):69-72. 10.5145/ACM.2014.17.2.69.

Two Cases of Campylobacter jejuni Bacteremia from Patients with Diarrhea

• Han MS
• Kim M
• Lee Y
• Yong D
• Lee K

• KMID: 1971097
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2014.17.2.69

Abstract

Campylobacter jejuni commonly causes bacterial enteritis but rarely causes extraintestinal infection including bacteremia. We isolated C. jejuni from the blood culture of a 20-year-old man presenting with fever and headache and also from the blood culture of a 23-year-old man suffering abdominal pain and diarrhea. This organism grew in anaerobic culture, showed curved Gram-negative bacilli by Gram stain, and was identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS).

Keyword

Bacteremia; Campylobacter jejuni; Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain
Bacteremia*
Campylobacter jejuni*
Diarrhea*
Enteritis
Fever
Headache
Humans
Mass Spectrometry
Young Adult

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