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Helicobacter cinaedi infection in patients with diabetes: a case report
Ryoichi Ishibashi1, Susumu Nakamura2, Minoru Takemoto1
1Department of Clinical Cell Biology and Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, 260-8670 Japan ; Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Background:
Helicobacter cinaedi causes bacteremia without characteristic clinical symptoms and is firstly isolated from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive homosexual men.
Findings:
Here we describe, for the first time case report, two female patients with diabetes who had H. cinaedi bacteremia. Some cases of H. cinaedi bacteremia may require long-term administration of multiple antibiotics prior to the resolution of infection.
Conclusions:
Therefore, these cases indicate that it is important to consider H. cinaedi in patients with diabetes presenting with bacteremia, especially in patients with poor glycemic control.
