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A case of the transient bacteremia in a normal host with acute Campylobacter jejuni enteritis

Yasutaka KUNIYOSHI¹⁾, Makoto TASHIRO¹⁾, Kiyofumi OHKUSU²⁾

This case relates to a previously healthy 13-year-old male infant with no underlying diseases. He was hospitalized on the third day of his illness complaining of fever, abdominal pains, and diarrhea. Following hospitalization, his clinical condition improved by the fifth day even without undergoing antimicrobial therapy, but on the same day Campylobacter jejuni was detected in his blood and stools. It is suggested that there maybe a transient bacteremia in the patients who has recovered without undergoing antimicrobial therapy.

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1) Department of Pediatrics, Kensei hospital
2) Department of Microbiology Regeneration and Advanced Medical Science, Gigu University Graduate School of Medicinea

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Received	March 9, 2010
Accepted	June 14, 2010

22 (4)：327─330,2010