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3. A case of myopericarditis associated to Campylobacter jejuni infection in the Southern Hemisphere

Author

Alberto Fica, Daniela Seelmann, Lorena Porte, Daniela Eugenin, and Ricardo Gallardo

Subjects
Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Microbiology, QR1-502
Abstract

Myopericarditis is an infrequent complication of acute diarrheal illness due to Campylobacter jejuni, and it has been mainly reported in developed nations. The first case detected in Chile – an upper-middle income country –, that is coincidental with the increasing importance of acute gastroenteritis associated to this pathogen, is described. Recognition of this agent in stools requires special laboratory techniques not widely available, and it was suspected when a young patient presented with acute diarrhea, fever, and chest pain combined with electrocardiogram (EKG) abnormalities and elevated myocardial enzymes. C. jejuni myopericarditis can easily be suspected but its detection requires dedicated laboratory techniques. Keywords: Campylobacter jejuni, Myocarditis, Infectious diarrheal disease

Published
2012
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4. Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia: serotype distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility, severity scores, risk factors, and mortality in a single center in Chile

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Stephanie Braun, Felipe Aliaga, Alberto Fica, Lorena Porte, Felipe Olivares, María Guacolda Benavides, Antonio Hernandez, Juan Carlos Hormázabal, Nicolás Bunster, and Jeannette Dabanch

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Adult, Male, Microbiology (medical), Serotype, medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, lcsh:QR1-502, PIRO, Bacteremia, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, medicine.disease_cause, Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing, lcsh:Microbiology, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, Young Adult, Elderly, Internal medicine, Streptococcus pneumoniae, medicine, Humans, APACHE II, lcsh:RC109-216, Chile, Serotyping, Mortality, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, CURB-65, Medicine(all), business.industry, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Pneumococcal, medicine.disease, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Community-Acquired Infections, Infectious Diseases, Risk factors, Immunology, Pneumococcal pneumonia, Female, Microbial drug resistance, Seasons, Epidemiologic Methods, business
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Aims: Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia (BPP) is a severe condition. To evaluate seasonal distribution, mortality, serotype frequencies, antimicrobial susceptibility, and different severity scores among patients with BPP. Patients and methods: Patients were identified by laboratory data and restricted to adulthood. Standard methods were used for serotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility. Risk factors were analyzed by univariate and multivariate methods. Severity scores (APACHE II, CURB-65 and CAP PIRO) were compared using ROC curves. Results: Sixty events of community-acquired BPP occurred between 2005 and 2010. A seasonal pattern was detected. Mean age was 72.1 years old (81.4% ≥60 years). All had a predisposing factor. Previous influenza (3.3%) or pneumococcal immunization (1.7%) was infrequent. Admission to critical units was required by 51.7%. Twenty-two serotypes were identified among 59 strains. Only one strain had intermediate resistance to penicillin (1.7%). In-hospital mortality reached 33.3%. Multivariate analysis identified a CAP PIRO score > 3 (OR 29.7; IC95 4.7–187), age ≥65 years (OR 42.1; IC95 2.2–796), and a platelet count

Published
2014

5. A case of myopericarditis associated to Campylobacter jejuni infection in the southern hemisphere

Author

Alberto Fica, Daniela Seelmann, Lorena Porte, Daniela Eugenin, and Ricardo Gallardo

Subjects
Campylobacter jejuni, myocarditis, infectious diarrheal disease, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Microbiology, QR1-502
Abstract

Myopericarditis is an infrequent complication of acute diarrheal illness due to Campylobacter jejuni, and it has been mainly reported in developed nations. The first case detected in Chile - an upper-middle income country -, that is coincidental with the increasing importance of acute gastroenteritis associated to this pathogen, is described. Recognition of this agent in stools requires special laboratory techniques not widely available, and it was suspected when a young patient presented with acute diarrhea, fever, and chest pain combined with electrocardiogram (EKG) abnormalities and elevated myocardial enzymes. C. jejuni myopericarditis can easily be suspected but its detection requires dedicated laboratory techniques.

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