Campylobacter bacteremia and pneumonia in two splenectomized patients

Authors
Sakran, W Raz, R Levi, Y Colodner, R Koren, A
Citation
W. Sakran et al., Campylobacter bacteremia and pneumonia in two splenectomized patients, EUR J CL M, 18(7), 1999, pp. 496-498
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
09349723 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
496 - 498
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(199907)18:7<496:CBAPIT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Two patients with beta thalassemia who had undergone splenectomy for hypers plenism were admitted to the hospital with high fever and lobar pneumonia. Neither patient had gastrointestinal symptoms. Campylobacter bacteremia was diagnosed in both patients. Campylobacter jejuni was identified in the fir st patient and Campylobacter fetus in the second. Both patients were treate d with broad-spectrum antibiotics and recovered fully.