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First case report of fatal sepsis due to Campylobacter upsaliensis.

ABSTRACT: We encountered a rare case of severe fatal infection in a 70-year-old woman due to Campylobacter upsaliensis, identified by PCR amplification and sequencing analysis of the 16S rRNA gene using DNA extracted from the isolates. To our knowledge, fatal sepsis due to this organism has never been described to date.

SUBMITTER: Nakamura I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4298521 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First case report of fatal sepsis due to Campylobacter upsaliensis.

Nakamura Itaru I   Omori Nami N   Umeda Ayaka A   Ohkusu Kiyofumi K   Matsumoto Tetsuya T  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20141119 2

We encountered a rare case of severe fatal infection in a 70-year-old woman due to Campylobacter upsaliensis, identified by PCR amplification and sequencing analysis of the 16S rRNA gene using DNA extracted from the isolates. To our knowledge, fatal sepsis due to this organism has never been described to date. ...[more]

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