Concurrent Campylobacter jejuni bacteremia and intussusception in an immunocompetent five-year-old child

Autor: Chih-Chien Wang, Po-Wei Wu
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, Vol 52, Iss 2, Pp 367-369 (2019)
ISSN: 1684-1182
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2018.09.004
Popis: Bacterial enteritis has been reported to be a risk factor for childhood intussusception. However, no case report concerning children with concurrent Campylobactor bacteremia and intussusception were found in the literature.Herein, we report a 5-year-old male preschool child who presented symptoms of infectious diarrhea, and ileocecal type intussuscepton and Campylobactor jejuni bacteremia were found after a series of investigations. Keywords: Bacterial enteritis, Intussusception, Campylobacter jejuni, Bacteremia
Databáze: OpenAIRE