Persistence of multiply antibiotic-resistant campylobacter jejuni in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome

• Published in: The American journal of medicine Vol. 80; no. 5; pp. 965 - 970
• Main Authors: Dworkin, Brad, Wormser, Gary P., Abdoo, Robert A., Cabello, Felipe, Aguero, Maria E., Sivak, Steven L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.1986; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - microbiology; Adult; AIDS/HIV; Biological and medical sciences; Campylobacter fetus - drug effects; Campylobacter fetus - isolation & purification; Campylobacter Infections - microbiology; Campylobacter jejuni; Chronic Disease; Diarrhea - microbiology; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Feces - microbiology; Female; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Medical sciences; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Infection; Campylobacter infection; Immunopathology; Spirillales; Bacteriosis; Spirillaceae; Diarrhea; Bacteria; Digestive diseases; AIDS; Intestinal disease; Campylobacter jejuni

Chronic diarrhea due to Campylobacter jejuni has been described in patients with hypogammaglobulinemia. A patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and normal total serum immunoglobulins had persistent diarrhea and C. jejuni on stool culture for seven and a half months despite repe...