Campylobacter fetus meningitis associated with eating habits of raw meat and raw liver in a healthy patient: A case report and literature review

Abstract

Meningitis caused by the zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter fetus in immunocompetent adults is rare. We report a 48-year-old Japanese woman with no underlying disease who was found to have meningitis caused by C. fetus. Both C. fetus subsp. fetus and C. fetus subsp. venerealis were isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid culture. The mode of infection in our patient was considered to be associated with the consumption of raw beef and raw cattle liver on a regular basis. Public awareness and education to avoid the consumption of raw or undercooked meat might help prevent C. fetus meningitis.

Campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis meningitis associated with a companion dog in a young adult: a case report

“…To the best of our knowledge, human Cfv infection has rarely been reported: We found only one case of an adult with meningitis and five cases of patients with bacteremia [ 9 , 13 ]. These human cases with Cfv infection were mainly identified by 16S rRNA sequencing analysis.…”

Draft Genome Sequence of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus CITCf01, Isolated from a Patient with Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis

“… venerealis are associated with human and animal infections ( 3 , 4 ). Invasive C. fetus infections in humans have included meningitis, prosthetic hip joint infection, bacteremia, pericarditis, endocarditis, and infectious aortitis, among others ( 5 – 11 ).…”