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Helicobacter sp. flexispira bacteremia in an immunocompetent young adult.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2001
Iten A, Graf S, Egger M, Täuber M, Graf J
Abstract excerpt
A young immunocompetent patient was admitted for a febrile illness with malaise, arthralgias, painful leg swelling, and polyserositis. Shortly prior to becoming ill, the patient had traveled to the Northern African desert. The symptoms disappeared during treatment with antibiotics (doxycycline and ceftriaxone) but recurred twice after stopping therapy. A motile gram-negative fusiform rod was isolated from a blood...
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