Campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis meningitis associated with a companion dog in a young adult: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Campylobacter spp., common commensals in the gastrointestinal tract of animals, especially poultry, can cause acute gastrointestinal illness in humans through animal-to-human transmission. Although Campylobacter fetus, especially subspecies fetus, rarely leads to systemic infections such as bacteremia in immunocompromised patients, it is unclear whether Campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis (Cfv) causes infectious diseases in humans.

Case presentation

A 28-year-old man with a history of chronic alcoholism visited the emergency department with weakness of the left extremities. The patient was clinically diagnosed with community-acquired bacterial meningitis. The organism from the blood culture was subsequently identified as Campylobacter fetus. On phylogenetic

SUBMITTER: Seong YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8711199 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature