Helicobacter canis bacteraemia and cellulitis in a patient with end-stage renal disease.

ABSTRACT: Introduction. Invasive infections by Helicobacter canis are uncommon and occur primarily in immunocompromised patients. Here, we describe a case of H. canis bacteraemia and cellulitis in a patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Case presentation. A 49-year-old male with ESRD on haemodialysis presented to an emergency department with cellulitis overlying his left upper extremity arteriovenous fistula for 3 days without constitutional symptoms. Mild leucocytosis and thrombocytopenia was noted on initial laboratory work up. The patient received a dose of vancomycin initially, and then transitioned to oral doxycycline prior to discharge 3 days later. Blood cultures drawn on admission were positive with curved Gram-negative rods at day 5. Routine sub-cultures initially failed to isolate t

SUBMITTER: Shakir SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729898 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature