First case of bacteremia and multifocal cellulitis due to Helicobacter canis in an immunocompetent patient

Corinne Leemann; Eleonora Gambillara; Guy Prod'hom; Katia Jaton; Renato Panizzon; Jacques Bille; Patrick Francioli; Gilbert Greub; Emmanuel Laffitte; Philip E Tarr

doi:10.1128/JCM.01453-06

First case of bacteremia and multifocal cellulitis due to Helicobacter canis in an immunocompetent patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Dec;44(12):4598-600. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01453-06. Epub 2006 Sep 27.

Authors

Corinne Leemann¹, Eleonora Gambillara, Guy Prod'hom, Katia Jaton, Renato Panizzon, Jacques Bille, Patrick Francioli, Gilbert Greub, Emmanuel Laffitte, Philip E Tarr

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Diseases Service, University Hospital, CHUV BH 07-865, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Abstract

Bacteremia due to Helicobacter canis has been reported in a patient with X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia. Here we report on the first human case of H. canis bacteremia in an immunocompetent host. Identification of the organism was made by genetic and phylogenetic analyses of the complete 16S rRNA sequence.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Cellulitis / microbiology*
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Helicobacter / classification
Helicobacter / genetics
Helicobacter / isolation & purification*
Helicobacter Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Immunocompetence*
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Switzerland

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

GENBANK/DQ412573