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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2334-2336, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02562-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Fatal Relapse of a Purulent Pleurisy Caused by Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus{triangledown}

Jean-Winoc Decousser,1,2* Valérie Prouzet-Mauléon,3 Christine Bartizel,2 Thomas Gin,3 Jean-Pierre Colin,4 Nicolas Fadel,5 C. Holler,2 J. Pollet,1 and Francis Megraud3

Department of Biology, Centre Hospitalier de Dourdan, 91415 Dourdan, France,1 Department of Biology, Centre Hospitalier de Rambouillet, 78514 Rambouillet, France,2 National Reference Center for Helicobacter and Campylobacter, Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France,3 Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Dourdan, 91415 Dourdan, France,4 Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Rambouillet, 78514 Rambouillet, France5

Received 21 December 2006/ Returned for modification 2 March 2007/ Accepted 8 May 2007

Campylobacter fetus is associated with invasive disease, while other Campylobacter species, such as C. coli and C. jejuni, are a common cause of bacterial diarrhea. Bacteremia has been well described, but pleurisy remains very uncommon. We report the recurrent isolation of a C. fetus subsp. fetus strain during two episodes of pleural effusion with a fatal outcome.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre Hospitalier de Dourdan, 2 rue du Potelet, 91415 Dourdan Cedex, France. Phone: 33 1 60 81 58 92. Fax: 33 1 60 81 58 97. E-mail: jean-winoc.decousser{at}wanadoo.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 16 May 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2334-2336, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02562-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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