K. Abe et al., INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY CAMPYLOBACTER-FETUS AFTER ALLOGENEICTOOTH TRANSPLANTATION - A CASE-REPORT, British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 34(3), 1996, pp. 230-234
A patient developed infective endocarditis caused by Campylobacter fet
us. He gave a history of recent dental extraction and allogeneic tooth
transplantation. He was treated with various antibiotics to which the
organism was said to be sensitive, but it was not until the transplan
ted tooth was removed that he started to improve, The mode of infectio
n was thought to be blood borne through the open tooth socket from the
raw chicken that he ate regularly.