Volume 19, Number 10—October 2013
Dispatch
Human Infections with New Subspecies of Campylobacter fetus
Table
Patient/age, y | Year | Ancestry | Isolate no. | Strain no. | Specimen source | Clinical symptoms | Underlying conditions | Hospitalized | Died | Food history | Animal contact |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/NA | 1991 | NA | D6783 | 91–2 | Feces | NA | NA | NA | No | NA | NA |
2/30 | 1992 | NA | D4335 | Feces | Diarrhea | NA | NA | NA | NA | Turtle | |
3/80 | 2002 | NA | D6128 | Blood | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
4/20 | 2003 | Chinese | D6688, D6689† | 03–427, 03–445 | Blood | Fever, cough, epigastric pain | Leukemia, hepatitis B | Yes | Yes | Turtle soup, angelica herb | NA |
5/79 | 2004 | Chinese or Vietnamese | D6659 | Pleural fluid | Bloody diarrhea, pulmonary edema | Liver cancer | Yes | NA | NA | No | |
6/84 | 2005 | Chinese | D6683 | Hematoma | Speech and motor difficulties, hematoma | Asthma | Yes | No | Chinese dishes, eel, frog | No | |
7/67 | 2005 | Chinese | D6690 | 05–018 | Blood | Fever, chills, rigor, cough, diarrhea | Lymphoma, hypertension, heart disease | Yes | No | Chinese dishes | No |
8/85 | 2007 | Chinese | D6856 | Bile | Diarrhea | NA | Yes | NA | NA | No | |
9/62 | 2010 | Caucasian‡ | D9240 | Blood | Cellulitis of leg | Diabetes | Yes | No | Chinese dishes, eel | No |
*NA, not available.
†Two isolates were obtained from this patient.
‡Asian spouse.
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