Campylobacter fetus Bacteremia and Thrombophlebitis in a Patient with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

Abstract

We report a 67-year-old male with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia who developedCumpylobucter fetussubspesisfetus (C. fetus) bactereoziaod thrombophlebitis. The patient developed a fever and pain in his left lower limb, and could not walk because of the pain. Radioisotopic venography showed thrombophlebitis his left lower limb. His blood culture grew C. fetus. After starting intravenous PAPM/BP, his symptoms resolved promptly.
In contrast toCampylobacter jejuniwhich is a common cause of infectious diarrhea, C. fetus. infectiob has disdoct clinical features shbonwing systemic illess such as bacteremia and tbrnmbopblebids mainly occurring in immunocompromized patients. This organism should be considered as one of the possible pathogenes in the infectious complications of the immunocompromized patient.