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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2002, p. 4792-4796, Vol. 40, No. 12
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4792-4796.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus from a Patient with Cellulitis

Dalius J. Briedis,1 Ali Khamessan,2 Richard W. McLaughlin,1 Hojatollah Vali,1 Maria Panaritou,1 and Eddie C. S. Chan1*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4,1 Department of Molecular Biology, Actilab-Pharma, Inc., Dorval, Quebec, Canada H9P 1K32

Received 25 March 2002/ Returned for modification 16 May 2002/ Accepted 16 September 2002

Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus is a gram-negative, slender, spirally curved bacterial pathogen. It has been isolated from human blood, spinal fluid, and abscesses, but cellulitis associated with bacteremia is rare. We report its isolation from a blood culture of a human patient with cellulitis as well as difficulties encountered in determining the identity of the subspecies of C. fetus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, 3775 University St., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada. Phone: (514) 398-3916. Fax: (514) 398-7052. E-mail: eddie.chan{at}mcgill.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2002, p. 4792-4796, Vol. 40, No. 12
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4792-4796.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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