Campylobacter jejuni bacteremia in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia
Joint Authors
Shahidi, Maneli Amin
Pouladfar, Ghulam Rida
Anvarinejad, Mojtaba
Dehyadegari, Muhammad Ali
Mardaneh, Jalal
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 6 (30 Jun. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2016-06-30
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction : Campylobacter jejuni is a slender, motile, non-spore-forming, helical-shaped, gram-negative bacterium.
It isoneof the most common causes of human gastroenteritis in the world.
The aim of this study was to present a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), who was infected with Campylobacter jejuni.
Case Presentation: We describe the medical records of a pediatric ALL patient with bacteremia caused by C.
jejuni, who was diagnosed at Amir hospital, Shiraz, Iran.
This 14-year-old male visited the emergency department of Amir hospital with night sweats, severe polar high-grade fever, reduced appetite, and nausea in August 2013.
Given the suspected presence of an anaerobic or microaerophilic microorganism, aerobic and anaerobic blood cultures were performed using an automated blood cultivator, the BACTEC 9240 system.
In order to characterize the isolate, diagnostic biochemical tests were used.
Antibiotic susceptibility testing was done with the disk diffusion method.
The primary culture was found to be positive for Campylobacter, and the subculture of the solid plate yielded a confluent growth of colonies typical for Campylobacter, which was identified as C.
jejuni by morphological and biochemical tests.
The isolate was resistant to ciprofloxacin, cefotaxime, cephalexin, piperacillin/tazobactam, nalidixic acid, aztreonam, cefuroxime, cefixime, ceftazidime, and tobramycin.
Conclusions: C.
jejuni should be considered in the differential diagnosis as a potential cause of bacteremia in immunosuppressed patients.
In caseswheretheBACTECresult is positive in aerobic conditions but the organism cannot be isolated, ananaerobic culture medium is suggested, especially in immunocompromised patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Anvarinejad, Mojtaba& Shahidi, Maneli Amin& Pouladfar, Ghulam Rida& Dehyadegari, Muhammad Ali& Mardaneh, Jalal. 2016. Campylobacter jejuni bacteremia in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 18, no. 6, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-701199
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shahidi, Maneli Amin…[et al.]. Campylobacter jejuni bacteremia in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 18, no. 6 (Jun. 2016), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Anvarinejad, Mojtaba& Shahidi, Maneli Amin& Pouladfar, Ghulam Rida& Dehyadegari, Muhammad Ali& Mardaneh, Jalal. Campylobacter jejuni bacteremia in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2016. Vol. 18, no. 6, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-701199
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 3-4
Record ID
BIM-701199