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.
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
