First Case Report of Fatal Sepsis Due to Campylobacter Upsaliensis

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2014 Nov 21

PMID 25411172

Citations 10

Authors

Itaru Nakamura

Nami Omori

Ayaka Umeda

Kiyofumi Ohkusu

Tetsuya Matsumoto

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Abstract

We encountered a rare case of severe fatal infection in a 70-year-old woman due to Campylobacter upsaliensis, identified by PCR amplification and sequencing analysis of the 16S rRNA gene using DNA extracted from the isolates. To our knowledge, fatal sepsis due to this organism has never been described to date.

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