<I>Campylobacter fetus</I> Bacteremia and Thrombophlebitis in a Patient with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

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  • OZAKI Makiko
    Departrnent of General Practice, National Tokyo Medical Center
  • MURASE Tadashi
    Department of Internal Medicine, National Yokyo Medical Center
  • PARK Jae-Won
    Department of Internal Medicine, National Yokyo Medical Center
  • AOKI Makoto
    Departrnent of General Practice, National Tokyo Medical Center
  • KAWATO Masafumi
    Department of Internal Medicine, National Yokyo Medical Center

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  • 原発性マクログロブリン血症に発症した<I>Campylobacter fetus</I> による菌血症の1例
  • Campylobacter fetus Bacteremia and Thrombophlebitis in a Patient with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

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Abstract

We report a 67-year-old male with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia who developedCumpylobucter fetussubspesisfetus (C. fetus) bactereoziaod thrombophlebitis. The patient developed a fever and pain in his left lower limb, and could not walk because of the pain. Radioisotopic venography showed thrombophlebitis his left lower limb. His blood culture grew C. fetus. After starting intravenous PAPM/BP, his symptoms resolved promptly.<BR>In contrast toCampylobacter jejuniwhich is a common cause of infectious diarrhea, C. fetus. infectiob has disdoct clinical features shbonwing systemic illess such as bacteremia and tbrnmbopblebids mainly occurring in immunocompromized patients. This organism should be considered as one of the possible pathogenes in the infectious complications of the immunocompromized patient.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 73 (1), 86-89, 1999

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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