Campylobacter fetus

Taxobox
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name = "Campylobacter fetus"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = SEM image of "C. fetus" showing the chracteristic "S"-shaped" morphology.
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Epsilon Proteobacteria
ordo = Campylobacterales
familia = Campylobacteraceae
genus = "Campylobacter"
species = "C. fetus"
binomial = "Campylobacter fetus"
binomial_authority = (Smith & Taylor 1919)
Sebald & Véron 1963

"Campylobacter fetus" is a species of Gram-negative, motile bacteria with a characteristic "S"-shaped" rod morphology similar to members of the genus "Vibrio"ref_N|1|a. Like other members of the "Campylobacter" genus, "C. fetus" is oxidase-positive.

Pathogenesis

In addition to causing some cases of abortion in cattle and sheep, "C. fetus" is an opportunistic human pathogen and can cause bacteremia and thrombophlebitisref_N|2|a. Though rare, "C. fetus" can lead to fatal septicemia in newborns and immunocompromised individualsref_N|3|a. It is the only Campylobacter species that can give septicemia. Bacteremia can lead to localized infections of the meninges in the brain, the respiratory pleural spaces or lungs, jointsref_N|4|a, the pericardial sac around the heart, or the peritoneum.

References

#note_N|1|acite book | author = Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) | title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | edition = 4th ed. | publisher = McGraw Hill | year = 2004 | id = ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0
#Note_N|2|acite book | author = Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ | title = Campylobacter and Helicobacter. "In:" Baron's Medical Microbiology "(Barron S "et al", eds.)| edition = 4th ed. | publisher = Univ of Texas Medical Branch | year = 1996 | id = [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=mmed.section.1335 (via NCBI Bookshelf)] ISBN 978-0-9631172-1-2
#note_N|3|acite journal | author = Monno R; Rendina M; Ceci G; Rizzo C; Luzzi I; Francavilla A; Rizzo G; Ierardi E. | title = "Campylobacter fetus" bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature. | journal = New Microbiol. | year = 2004 | volume = 27 | issue = 3 | pages = 281–5 | url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15460531
#note_N|4|acite journal | author = David J; Nasser RM; Goldberg JW; Reed KD; Earll MD. | title = Bilateral prosthetic knee infection by "Campylobacter fetus". | journal = J Arthroplasty. | year = 2005 | volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 401–5
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15809962 | doi = 10.1016/j.arth.2004.09.030

See also

Campylobacteriosis