Journal article

"Helicobacter rappini" isolates from 2 homosexual men.

W Tee, A Jenney, A McPhee, A Mijch, M Dyall-Smith

Clinical Infectious Diseases an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America | UNIV CHICAGO PRESS | Published : 2001

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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