TABLE 1.

Cases of Campylobacter rectus and Campylobacter curvus infections

Feature	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3
Age in yrs, sexa	32, F	68, F	59, M
Underlying disease and risk	Lymphoma, neutropenia, nipple piercing	Ovarian cancer, surgery, GIb bleeding, biliary stent, diabetes, and neutropenic fever	Lung cancer, obstruction
Site of infection	Breast abscess	Liver abscess	Pneumonia with abscess
Organisms	Non-group A beta-hemolytic Strepto- coccus sp., Campylobacter rectus	Alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus sp., Campylobacter curvus	Group C beta-hemolytic Streptococcus constellatus, Campylobacter curvus
Management	Drainage, antibiotics	Drainage, antibiotics	Resected with tumor
Outcome	Cured	Cured	Cured

^aF, female; M, male.

^bGI, gastrointestinal.