Successful outpatient management of Campylobacter fetus bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient with endovascular involvement

Adin Cila; Simon Smith; Mark Robin Armstrong; Stephanie Jane Hendry; Josh Hanson

IDCases (Jan 2018)

Successful outpatient management of Campylobacter fetus bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient with endovascular involvement

Adin Cila,
Simon Smith,
Mark Robin Armstrong,
Stephanie Jane Hendry,
Josh Hanson

Affiliations

Adin Cila: Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, 165 The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia
Simon Smith: Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, 165 The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia; James Cook University, Cairns Hospital, 165 The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia
Mark Robin Armstrong: Department of Infectious Diseases, Townsville Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Drive, Douglas, QLD 4814, Australia
Stephanie Jane Hendry: Department of Infectious Diseases, Townsville Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Drive, Douglas, QLD 4814, Australia
Josh Hanson: Department of Medicine, Cairns Hospital, 165 The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia; The Kirby Institute, Wallace Wurth Building, High Street, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14

Abstract

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We describe a case of Campylobacter fetus bacteremia with endovascular involvement in an immunocompetent female patient. The patient was treated with high dose ciprofloxacin as an outpatient and recovered well. Keywords: Campylobacter, Endovascular infection, Infection, Ciprofloxacin

Published in IDCases

ISSN: 2214-2509 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/idcases/

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