Campylobacter fetus
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgrey
| name = ''Campylobacter fetus''
| image = Campylobacter_fetus_01.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = [[Scanning electron microscope|SEM]] image of ''C. fetus'' showing the chracteristic "''S''-shaped" morphology.
| regnum = [[Bacterium|Bacteria]]
| phylum = [[Proteobacteria]]
| classis = Epsilon Proteobacteria
| ordo = [[Campylobacterales]]
| familia = [[Campylobacteraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Campylobacter]]''
| species = '''''C. fetus'''''
| binomial = ''Campylobacter fetus''
| binomial_authority = (Smith & Taylor 1919)<br>Sebald & Véron 1963
}}
'''''Campylobacter fetus''''' is a species of [[Gram-negative]], [[motile]] [[bacterium|bacteria]] with a characteristic "''S''-shaped" rod morphology similar to members of the genus ''[[Vibrio]]''
{{ref_N|1|a}}. Like other members of the ''[[Campylobacter]]'' genus, ''C. fetus'' is [[oxidase]]-positive.
==Pathogenesis==
In addition to causing some cases of abortion in [[cow|cattle]] and [[sheep]], ''C. fetus'' is an opportunistic human [[pathogen]] and can cause [[bacteremia]] and [[thrombophlebitis]]{{ref_N|2|a}}. Though rare, ''C. fetus'' can lead to fatal [[septicemia]] in newborns and [[immunocompromised]] individuals{{ref_N|3|a}}. It is the only [[Campylobacter]] species that can give septicemia. Bacteremia can lead to localized infections of the [[meninges]] in the brain, the respiratory [[pleural]] spaces or lungs, [[joint]]s{{ref_N|4|a}}, the [[pericardium|pericardial sac]] around the heart, or the [[peritoneum]].
==References==
#{{note_N|1|a}}{{cite book | author = Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) | title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | edition = 4th ed. | publisher = McGraw Hill | year = 2004 | id = ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0 }}
#{{Note_N|2|a}}{{cite book | author = Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ | title = Campylobacter and Helicobacter. ''In:'' Baron's Medical Microbiology ''(Barron S ''et al'', eds.)| edition = 4th ed. | publisher = Univ of Texas Medical Branch | year = 1996 | id = [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=mmed.section.1335 (via NCBI Bookshelf)] ISBN 978-0-9631172-1-2 }}
#{{note_N|3|a}}{{cite journal | author = Monno R; Rendina M; Ceci G; Rizzo C; Luzzi I; Francavilla A; Rizzo G; Ierardi E. | title = ''Campylobacter fetus'' bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature. | journal = New Microbiol. | year = 2004 | volume = 27 | issue = 3 | pages = 281–5 | url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15460531}}
#{{note_N|4|a}}{{cite journal | author = David J; Nasser RM; Goldberg JW; Reed KD; Earll MD. | title = Bilateral prosthetic knee infection by ''Campylobacter fetus''. | journal = J Arthroplasty. | year = 2005 | volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 401–5
| url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15809962 | doi = 10.1016/j.arth.2004.09.030}}
== See also ==
[[Campylobacteriosis]]
[[Category:Proteobacteria]]
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