Three cases of severe invasive infections caused by campylobacter rectus and first report of fatal c. rectus infection

摘要

We report the first fatal case of Campylobacter rectus infection due to a subdural empyema and ruptured mycotic intracranial aneurysm and two cases of limb-threatening C. rectus necrotizing soft tissue and bone infection and empyema thoracis that responded to amoxicillin-clavulanate and surgical debridement and drainage. All three strains were identified by 16S rRNA sequencing. Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology.