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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
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[Vol.28 No.1 contents] Japanese / English |
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| ArticleTitle | A case of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni bacteremia without gastrointestinal symptoms |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Ayumi Niwa1), Asami Nakayama1), Junichi Kitagawa2), Hirotoshi Ohta1), Nobuyuki Furuta1), Hiroyasu Ito3), Nobuo Murakami4), Kiyofumi Ohkusu5), Mitsuru Seishima3) |
| Affiliation |
1) Division of Clinical Laboratory, Gifu University Hospital 2) Department of Transfusion Medicine, Gifu University Hospital 3) Department of Informative Clinical Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine 4) Center for Nutrition Support & Infection Control, Gifu University Hospital 5) Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical University |
| Publication | J.J.C.M.: 28 (1), 48-53, 2017 |
| Received | April 14, 2017 |
| Accepted | August 28, 2017 |
| Abstract | We report on a case of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni recovered from a blood culture of a patient who had no symptoms of gastroenteritis. The patient was a 55 year-old male diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who was hospitalized to undergo a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Two sets of blood cultures were taken when a low-grade fever went up to 38°C on the 10th day of hospitalization. Following 2 days of incubation, both blood culture sets were positive for C. jejuni. Although the patient did not have diarrhea or abdominal pain, stool and intestinal juice specimens also grew out C. jejuni. Colonoscopy confirmed the presence of enteritis. This case shows that a transient C. jejuni bacteremia can occur without gastrointestinal symptoms. |
| Keywords | Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni |
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