Abstract
We present a case report of a patient who had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Campylobacter fetus infection with a number of unusual clinical and microbiological features. The patient had prominent gastrointestinal symptoms, splenic infarction, splenomegaly with hypersplenism, and hemophagocytic histiocytosis in the spleen and lymph nodes; the organism displayed growth on Campy-selective blood agar, thermotolerance, and resistance to quinolones, piperacillin/tazobactam, ceftazidime, and erythromycin.
MeSH terms
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
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Adult
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Campylobacter Infections / complications*
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Campylobacter Infections / microbiology
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Campylobacter fetus / drug effects*
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Ceftazidime / pharmacology
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Cephalosporins / pharmacology
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Diarrhea / etiology
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Drug Resistance, Microbial
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Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
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Erythromycin / pharmacology
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Histiocytes / immunology*
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Histiocytosis / complications
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Humans
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Hypersplenism / complications*
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Male
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Penicillanic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
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Penicillanic Acid / pharmacology
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Penicillins / pharmacology
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Phagocytosis*
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Piperacillin / pharmacology
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Quinolones / pharmacology
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Splenic Infarction / etiology
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Splenomegaly / complications
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Tazobactam
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Cephalosporins
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Enzyme Inhibitors
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Penicillins
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Quinolones
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Erythromycin
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Penicillanic Acid
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Ceftazidime
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Tazobactam
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Piperacillin