Infection Caused by Vibrio fetus

Stimulatory effect of dihydroxyphenyl compounds on the aerotolerance of Spirillum volutans and Campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni

“…C. fetus is also a human pathogen, affecting infants, pregnant women, and elderly individuals, particularly males (1). C. fetus is most frequently isolated from blood in the case of human infections, but isolation from spinal fluid, cervical swabs, pericardial fluid, stools, and synovial fluid has also been reported (7,14,16,17). Both S. volutans and C. fetus require low levels of oxygen for growth.…”

A Case of Mitral Endocarditis Due to <i>Campylobacter fetus</i> Subsp. <i>fetus</i>

“…The majority of these cases involved males (70%). The valve repartition of the illness is as follows: 17 aortic valves (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11), 6 tricuspid valves (9,(12)(13)(14)(15), and 6 mitral valves (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). In our case, the inability to accurately identify the isolate using an Api campy strip forced us to use an alternative method; as described previously, the Microseq 500 16S rDNA bacterial sequencing kit allowed us to perform the identification (22).…”

Aneurisma de la aorta abdominal infectado por Campylobacter fetus. Comunicación de un caso clínico y revisión de la literatura médica

“…Se puede identificar por su capacidad de crecer a 25°C y 37°C y no a 42°C 3,13 . Del punto de vista bioquímico se caracteriza por ser oxidasa y catalasa positiva 14 . Su forma de transmisión está asociada a la ingesta de agua o alimentos contaminados de origen animal y afecta principalmente a personas de sexo masculino, de la tercera edad y con múltiples comorbilidades 3,4,15, .…”