Abstract

GARCIA, María Eva et al. Bacteriemia por Campylobacter spp. en niños. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2021, vol.55, n.2, pp.171-175. ISSN 0325-2957.

Bacteremia due to Campylobacter spp. is an uncommon infection. It occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients. The objective of this retrospective study was to describe the cases of Campylobacter`s bacteremia registered between January 2014 and September 2020 in children admitted to the hospital. Demographic, clinical and microbiological data were recorded. Blood cultures were processed in Bact/Alert 3D®, bacterial identification was performed by mass spectrometry and antimicrobial susceptibility by the disk diffusion method. Twenty-one Campylobacter isolates were recorded: Campylobacter jejuni (16), Campylobacter upsaliensis (3), Campylobacter coli (1), and Campylobacter ureolyticus (1). All of them were susceptible to meropenem, 88% to erythromycin, and 27% to ciprofloxacin. Median age of the patients was 34 months. Sixty seven percent carried some kind of immunocompromise. Fever and gastroenteritis was present in 81% and 33% of the patients respectively. The importance of suspecting this microorganism in blood cultures from immunocompromised patients is highlighted.

Keywords : Bacteremia; Campylobacter spp.; Pediatrics.