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. 2000 Dec;76(902):790–791. doi: 10.1136/pmj.76.902.790

Recurring febrile illness in a slaughterhouse worker

K Ganeshram 1, A Ross 1, R Cowell 1, C Cefai 1, M Woodward 1
PMCID: PMC1741830  PMID: 11085771

Abstract

A slaughterhouse worker presented with fever and a pleuropericardial effusion. Conventional microbiology failed to identify the responsible organism. However, DNA sequencing definitively identified Campylobacter fetus ssp fetus, which is rare in immunocompetent individuals. Prolonged treatment was required to eradicate the infection.


Keywords: pyrexia of unknown origin; Campylobacter fetus ssp fetus; pericarditis

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