Bacteremia caused by a Helicobacter pullorum-like organism

We report a case of bacteremia caused by a Helicobacter pullorum-like organ ism in a 35-year-old man with pyrexia of unknown origin. Culture of blood s amples obtained at admission yielded a motile, spiral-shaped gram-negative rod, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing identified this organism as Helicobacter pullorum-like, showing 23 base differences compared with the recently descr ibed "Helicobacter canadensis" (a recently proposed group that had previous ly been classified within H. pullorum). We believe that this is the first r eport of bacteremia caused by this organism.