Recurrent Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteremia in a Patient Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Case Report

Campylobacter-like organisms, now renamed Helicobacter, have been isolated from the gastrointestinal tract and blood of patients infected with HIV. These organisms are typically slow growing and require special culture methods for isolation. We report a case of bacteremia due to Helicobacter cinaedi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 1995-10, Vol.21 (4), p.1055-1056
Hauptverfasser:	Mammen, Mammen P., Aronson, Naomi E., Edenfield, William J., Endy, Timothy P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - microbiology AIDS/HIV Bacteremia Bacteremia - complications Biological and medical sciences Blood Brief Reports Follow-Up Studies Helicobacter Helicobacter cinaedi Helicobacter Infections - complications HIV human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immunodeficiencies Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies Immunopathology Infections Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Quinolones Recurrence Relapse
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Zusammenfassung:	Campylobacter-like organisms, now renamed Helicobacter, have been isolated from the gastrointestinal tract and blood of patients infected with HIV. These organisms are typically slow growing and require special culture methods for isolation. We report a case of bacteremia due to Helicobacter cinaedi that recurred even though the patient had received 1 month of ciprofloxacin therapy.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/clinids/21.4.1055