Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia associated with localized pain but not with cellulitis.

Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteremia Associated with Localized Pain but Not with Cellulitis

Vertebral Osteomyelitis Caused by Helicobacter cinaedi.

Helicobacter cinaedi causes bacteremia, cellulitis, and gastroenteritis. We report the first case of vertebral osteomyelitis caused by H. cinaedi in an elderly man with low back pain and fever. The pathogen was detected in blood and lumbar disc, and the infection was successfully treated with oral doxycycline for 11 weeks.

Helicobacter cinaedi cellulitis and bacteremia in immunocompetent hosts after orthopedic surgery.

At various times after orthopedic operations (more than a few weeks, with an average of 29.9 days), 11 patients had a sudden onset of high temperature (average 38.9 degrees C) and local cellulitis at different sites on the operated sides. The wounds had completely healed, without complicated infections, when the cellulitis occurred. The clinical picture of cellulitis in all patients was atypica...

Refractory to treat Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia with bilateral lower extremities cellulitis in an immunocompetent patient

Helicobacter cinaedi is known to cause bacteremia with multi-focal cellulitis, usually, among immunocompromised patients. We report here a 54-year-old Japanese man who was found to have bacteremia complicated with bilateral lower extremities cellulitis due to H. cinaedi. This patient did not have any immunocompromised conditions including Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. In this patient,...

Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Helicobacter cinaedi

Helicobacter cinaedi is a rare human pathogen which has various clinical manifestations such as cellulitis, bacteremia, arthritis, meningitis, and infectious endocarditis. We report an abdominal aortic aneurysm infected with Helicobacter cinaedi, treated successfully with surgical repair and long-term antimicrobial therapy.