Campylobacter upsaliensis: Another pathogen for consideration in the United States.

Labarca, Jaime A; Sturgeon, Joan; Borenstein, Lee; Salem, Nancy; Harvey, Sydney M; Lehnkering, Eleanor; Reporter, Roshan; Mascola, Laurene · Clin Infect Dis · 2002

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

While evaluating quinolone resistance in a sample of Campylobacter isolates recovered from patients with campylobacteriosis in Los Angeles County, California, in 1998, we discovered that the second most frequently isolated species was Campylobacter upsaliensis (6 [4%] of 155 isolates). The ability of laboratories to recover this species may be dependent on the culture conditions and the media used. Three dogs living in the households of 2 of these 6 patients had C. upsaliensis isolated in their stool specimens.

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