First Case Report of Human Bacteremia With Malacobacter (Arcobacter) mytili

Marija Vasiljevic; Alexander J Fenwick; Saman Nematollahi; Venkat P Gundareddy; Mark Romagnoli; Jonathan Zenilman; Karen C Carroll

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofz319

First Case Report of Human Bacteremia With Malacobacter (Arcobacter) mytili

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 1;6(7):ofz319. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz319.

Authors

Marija Vasiljevic¹, Alexander J Fenwick², Saman Nematollahi³, Venkat P Gundareddy⁴, Mark Romagnoli⁵, Jonathan Zenilman³, Karen C Carroll^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine.
² Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

Arcobacter spp. are commonly associated with shellfish and have been increasingly implicated in human gastrointestinal disease. We report the first case of human bacteremia with Malacobacter (previously Arcobacter) mytili acquired after exposure to Maryland crab. Arcobacter spp. should be considered in febrile illnesses when the history indicates exposure to seafood.

Keywords: Arcobacter; Malacobacter mytili; Maryland; United States; bacterial infections.