Recurring febrile illness in a slaughterhouse worker

Authors
Ganeshram, KN Ross, A Cowell, RPW Cefai, C Woodward, MJ
Citation
Kn. Ganeshram et al., Recurring febrile illness in a slaughterhouse worker, POSTG MED J, 76(902), 2000, pp. 790-791
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00325473 → ACNP
Volume
76
Issue
902
Year of publication
2000
Pages
790 - 791
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(200012)76:902<790:RFIIAS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A slaughterhouse worker presented with fever and a pleuropericardial effusi on. Conventional microbiology failed to identify the responsible organism. However, DNA sequencing definitively identified Campylobacter fetus ssp fet us, which is rare in immunocompetent individuals. Prolonged treatment was r equired to eradicate the infection.