Unusual Campylobacter jejuni infection causing life- threatening cardiac tamponade
Marie Biedermann, Felix Lampe, Ulrich Saueressig, Peter Hafkemeyer, Sascha Kocher · 2026
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Marie Biedermann and colleagues present a 2026 case of a food-poisoning bacterium causing a life-threatening heart emergency. Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial diarrhoea, yet heart complications are rare. A 47-year-old man arrived with sudden chest pain and breathlessness, and ultrasound showed fluid squeezing the heart, a tamponade, alongside fluid around the lungs.
Although he reported no gut symptoms, laboratory analysis grew the bacterium from both the heart fluid and his stool. Growing it from pericardial fluid has been reported only three times before. Bloodstream spread in an otherwise healthy man is the likely route, and the authors warn that resistant strains complicate antibiotic choice in such invasive infections.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Marie Biedermann, Felix Lampe, Ulrich Saueressig, Peter Hafkemeyer, Sascha Kocher |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |