Yoshifumi Uwamino1, Kiyoharu Muranaka2, Ryota Hase2, Yoshihito Otsuka3, Naoto Hosokawa2. 1. Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 2. Department of Infectious Diseases, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan. 3. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are growing numbers of reports concerning the clinical and pathological features of Helicobacter cinaedi (H. cinaedi) bacteremia; however, few reports have discussed the features of this condition in healthy individuals. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective observational study was conducted at a Japanese tertiary care hospital to assess the clinical features of community-acquired H. cinaedi. All patients in whom H. cinaedi was isolated between January 2009 and March 2014 were identified from the hospital database. RESULTS: Of the 28 patients included in the study, 12 had community-acquired H. cinaedi bacteremia. The most common clinical feature was cellulitis (n = 17). However, nearly half of the patients with healthcare-associated or nosocomial-associated bacteremia displayed no symptoms with the exception of fever. Most patients were successfully treated with a 14-day regime of third-generation cephalosporins or tetracycline. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that H. cinaedi infections are quite common in immunocompetent community-dwelling individuals.
BACKGROUND: There are growing numbers of reports concerning the clinical and pathological features of Helicobacter cinaedi (H. cinaedi) bacteremia; however, few reports have discussed the features of this condition in healthy individuals. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective observational study was conducted at a Japanese tertiary care hospital to assess the clinical features of community-acquired H. cinaedi. All patients in whom H. cinaedi was isolated between January 2009 and March 2014 were identified from the hospital database. RESULTS: Of the 28 patients included in the study, 12 had community-acquired H. cinaedibacteremia. The most common clinical feature was cellulitis (n = 17). However, nearly half of the patients with healthcare-associated or nosocomial-associated bacteremia displayed no symptoms with the exception of fever. Most patients were successfully treated with a 14-day regime of third-generation cephalosporins or tetracycline. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that H. cinaediinfections are quite common in immunocompetent community-dwelling individuals.
Authors: Josué Pérez-Santiago; Miguel Ramirez-Gaona; Robert Holm-Kennedy; Davey M Smith; Joshua Fierer Journal: Open Forum Infect Dis Date: 2017-08-03 Impact factor: 3.835
Authors: Michelle C Sabo; Jim Boonyaratanakornkit; Robert Cybulski; Noam E Kopmar; Rosario V Freeman; Ferric C Fang; Susan M Graham Journal: Open Forum Infect Dis Date: 2017-12-22 Impact factor: 3.835