Volume 12, Number 2—February 2006
Dispatch
Arcobacter butzleri: Underestimated Enteropathogen
Table
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 19 patients infected with Arcobacter butzleri
Patient* | Age (y) | Sex | Diarrhea | Abdominal pain | Blood in stool | Vomiting | Fever | General symptoms† | Duration of symptoms and disease course |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 88 | F | + | + | – | + | + | Death linked to associated neoplasia | |
2 | 75 | M | + | + | – | – | – | + | 4 days. Acute renal failure (treated with amoxicillin) |
4 | 89 | F | + | – | – | – | – | + | 6 weeks. Favorable progress after treatment with ofloxacin |
7 | 76 | M | + | + | + | – | – | – | 5 days (treated with ciprofloxacin) |
8 | 2 | M | + | – | – | + | – | + | 2 days |
10 | 69 | M | + | + | – | – | + | ||
11 | 4 | M | + | + | – | – | + | + | Several recurrences in 3 months |
12 | 72 | F | + | – | + | – | – | – | 3 weeks |
15 | 89 | M | + | – | – | ||||
18 | 53 | M | + | + | – | – | – | + | Irritable bowel syndrome |
19 | 6 | M | + | + | + | + | + | + | 10 days |
20 | 30 | F | – | + | – | – | – | – | |
21 | 68 | M | + | + | + | – | + | + | |
23 | 77 | M | + | – | + | Several days. Acute renal failure (treated with ciprofloxacin) | |||
25 | 1 | F | + | + | + | 3 weeks | |||
26 | 41 | M | + | – | – | – | – | + | Several days (treated with amoxicillin-clavulanate) |
27 | 44 | F | + | + | – | – | – | – | |
28 | 70 | F | + | ||||||
29 | 83 | F | + | + | – | – | – | + | Several days |
*All samples were from stool, except from patient 12, whose sample was blood.
†Anorexia, asthenia, weight loss.