Campylobacter fetusis a zoonotic pathogen that occasionally causes serious, relapsing, invasive disease, especially in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of relapsingC. fetusdiarrheal 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.
A 79-Year-Old Man With Chronic Aspiration and an 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography Positive Lung Mass
Open Forum Infectious Diseases | December 9, 2016 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: No page available