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. 1997 Aug;35(8):2178–2180. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2178-2180.1997

Indwelling device-related bacteremia caused by serum-susceptible Campylobacter coli.

P R Hsueh 1, L J Teng 1, P C Yang 1, S W Ho 1, K T Luh 1
PMCID: PMC229932  PMID: 9230411

Abstract

Two isolates of serum-susceptible Campylobacter coli were recovered in a 7-day interval from blood from a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis whose peritoneal-caval (Denver's) shunt malfunctioned. Identical random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprints, cellular fatty acid chromatograms, and antibiograms of the two isolates indicate that C. coli has the ability to cause catheter-related bacteremia following its colonization of the catheter.

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