Case ReportMycotic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Campylobacter fetus: A Case Report and Literature Review
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Case Report
A 65-year-old man without any past medical history presented with a 1-week history of lumbar pain. He had an episode of diarrhea 2 weeks previously, but the etiology was unknown. There was no history of drinking raw milk or consuming uncooked meat. A urinary examination showed hematuria, and he returned home with the diagnosis of urolithiasis. The next day, he consulted an urologist and was again diagnosed as having urolithiasis although a urinary tract stone was not apparent in plain computed
Discussion
C. fetus is a motile gram-negative rod with a spindle form, which is carried by livestock such as cattle and sheep. While C. jejuni and C. coli cause gastrointestinal symptoms after ingestion, C. fetus frequently causes bacteremia without any digestive manifestations. Actually, unlike C. jejuni or C. coli, most cases of C. fetus infection have been diagnosed from positive results of blood culture; according to a previous summary of 178 Campylobacter bacteremia patients, C. fetus was the most
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