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It is more likely to be detected in blood than<jats:italic>Campylobacter jejuni<\/jats:italic>or<jats:italic>Campylobacter coli<\/jats:italic>, specifically reported in 53% of patients. In our case,<jats:italic>C. fetus<\/jats:italic>was detected in both blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>A 33-year-old woman, who was on maintenance chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), presented to our clinic with chief complaints of severe headache and nausea. Blood and CSF cultures revealed<jats:italic>C. fetus<\/jats:italic>. 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