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Three cases of severe invasive infections caused by Campylobacter rectus and first report of fatal C. rectus infection.
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SUBMITTER: Lam JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3122846 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Three cases of severe invasive infections caused by Campylobacter rectus and first report of fatal C. rectus infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology 20110126 4
We report the first fatal case of Campylobacter rectus infection due to a subdural empyema and ruptured mycotic intracranial aneurysm and two cases of limb-threatening C. rectus necrotizing soft tissue and bone infection and empyema thoracis that responded to amoxicillin-clavulanate and surgical debridement and drainage. All three strains were identified by 16S rRNA sequencing. ...[more]
