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

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

Journal of clinical microbiology 2006 Dec

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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.

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Corinne Leemann, Eleonora Gambillara, Guy Prod'hom, Katia Jaton, Renato Panizzon, Jacques Bille, Patrick Francioli, Gilbert Greub, Emmanuel Laffitte, Philip E Tarr. First case of bacteremia and multifocal cellulitis due to Helicobacter canis in an immunocompetent patient. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2006 Dec;44(12):4598-600