Neonatal sepsis by Campylobacter jejuni: genetically proven transmission from a household puppy

T F Wolfs; B Duim; S P Geelen; A Rigter; F Thomson-Carter; A Fleer; J A Wagenaar

doi:10.1086/319224

Neonatal sepsis by Campylobacter jejuni: genetically proven transmission from a household puppy

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Mar 1;32(5):E97-9. doi: 10.1086/319224. Epub 2001 Feb 23.

Authors

T F Wolfs¹, B Duim, S P Geelen, A Rigter, F Thomson-Carter, A Fleer, J A Wagenaar

Affiliation

¹ Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands. T.Wolfs@wkz.azu.nl

PMID: 11229867
DOI: 10.1086/319224

Abstract

We report a case of neonatal Campylobacter jejuni sepsis in a 3-week-old infant who acquired the infection through transmission from a recently acquired household puppy. Genotyping of Campylobacter strains obtained from puppy and child resulted in highly homogeneous findings. This represents the first genetically proven C. jejuni dog-human transmission.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Campylobacter Infections / microbiology
Campylobacter Infections / transmission*
Campylobacter jejuni / classification*
Campylobacter jejuni / genetics*
Campylobacter jejuni / isolation & purification
Dog Diseases / microbiology
Dog Diseases / transmission*
Dogs
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Sepsis / microbiology*