First case of bacteremia and multifocal cellulitis due to Helicobacter canis in an immunocompetent patient.

ABSTRACT: Bacteremia due to Helicobacter canis has been reported in a patient with X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia. Here we report on the first human case of H. canis bacteremia in an immunocompetent host. Identification of the organism was made by genetic and phylogenetic analyses of the complete 16S rRNA sequence.

SUBMITTER: Leemann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1698384 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature