"Helicobacter rappini" isolates from 2 homosexual men.

Tee, W; Jenney, A; McPhee, A; Mijch, A; Dyall-Smith, M · Clin Infect Dis · 2001

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report 2 cases of bacteremia due to "Helicobacter rappini" in 2 young, homosexual men, including the first report of H. rappini in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient. Blood cultures showed a spiral, fusiform, gram-negative bacterium with bipolar sheathed flagella.

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