Campylobacter fetus spondylodiscitis: A case report and review of the literature

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Prithwiraj Chakrabarti¹  Rosemary Fok²  James Greig²  Himanshu Sharma³  Daniel Olaiya³ 

[1]Department of Microbiology, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust, Treliske, Truro TR1 3LQ, UK

[2]Department of Microbiology, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK

[3]Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK

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【 摘 要 】

Campylobacter are common zoonotic food borne pathogens but infrequent causes of disseminated human infection. Campylobacter fetus is an unusual cause of human infection and spondylodiscitis. We describe a case of C. fetus infection in a 72-year-old woman who presented with indolent onset lumbar spondylodiscitis. The literature is reviewed and the presentation of spondylodiscitis is contrasted with the usual aggressive nature of bacteremia with this pathogen. Keywords: Spondylodiscitis, Campylobacter, Fetus

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