Early Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection and Bacteremia due to Campylobacter fetus Subspecies fetus

Early Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection and Bacteremia due to Campylobacter fetus Subspecies fetus

Campylobacter fetus is a zoonotic pathogen that occasionally causes serious, relapsing, invasive disease, especially in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of relapsing C. fetus diarrheal illness in a 75-year-old woman which resulted in secondary bacteremia and seeding of the left knee prosthe...

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Main Authors: Igor Dumic, Mohan Sengodan, Joni J. Franson, Diego Zea, Poornima Ramanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5892846
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spelling doaj-288d462a57cf48d6a19103ea68e694842020-11-25T00:14:07ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/58928465892846Early Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection and Bacteremia due to Campylobacter fetus Subspecies fetusIgor Dumic0Mohan Sengodan1Joni J. Franson2Diego Zea3Poornima Ramanan4Department of Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI, USADepartment of Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI, USADivision of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI, USADivision of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USACampylobacter fetus is a zoonotic pathogen that occasionally causes serious, relapsing, invasive disease, especially in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of relapsing C. fetus diarrheal illness in a 75-year-old woman which resulted in secondary bacteremia and seeding of the left knee prosthetic joint. Patient responded favorably to debridement and retention of prosthesis in addition to six weeks of meropenem followed by chronic oral doxycycline suppressive therapy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5892846
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Mohan Sengodan
Joni J. Franson
Diego Zea
Poornima Ramanan
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Mohan Sengodan
Joni J. Franson
Diego Zea
Poornima Ramanan
Early Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection and Bacteremia due to Campylobacter fetus Subspecies fetus
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
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Mohan Sengodan
Joni J. Franson
Diego Zea
Poornima Ramanan
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title Early Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection and Bacteremia due to Campylobacter fetus Subspecies fetus
title_short Early Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection and Bacteremia due to Campylobacter fetus Subspecies fetus
title_full Early Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection and Bacteremia due to Campylobacter fetus Subspecies fetus
title_fullStr Early Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection and Bacteremia due to Campylobacter fetus Subspecies fetus
title_full_unstemmed Early Onset Prosthetic Joint Infection and Bacteremia due to Campylobacter fetus Subspecies fetus
title_sort early onset prosthetic joint infection and bacteremia due to campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
issn 2090-6625
2090-6633
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Campylobacter fetus is a zoonotic pathogen that occasionally causes serious, relapsing, invasive disease, especially in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of relapsing C. fetus diarrheal illness in a 75-year-old woman which resulted in secondary bacteremia and seeding of the left knee prosthetic joint. Patient responded favorably to debridement and retention of prosthesis in addition to six weeks of meropenem followed by chronic oral doxycycline suppressive therapy.
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