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Although <jats:italic>Campylobacter fetus,<\/jats:italic> especially subspecies <jats:italic>fetus,<\/jats:italic> rarely leads to systemic infections such as bacteremia in immunocompromised patients, it is unclear whether <jats:italic>Campylobacter fetus<\/jats:italic> subspecies <jats:italic>venerealis<\/jats:italic> (Cfv) causes infectious diseases in humans.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A 28-year-old man with a history of chronic alcoholism visited the emergency department with weakness of the left extremities. The patient was clinically diagnosed with community-acquired bacterial meningitis. The organism from the blood culture was subsequently identified as <jats:italic>Campylobacter fetus.<\/jats:italic> On phylogenetic analysis, the 16S rRNA sequence showed 99.93% similarity with other Cfv 16S rRNA sequences. The patient had no exposure to identifiable sources except for close contact with a companion dog, which could have been a possible source of transmission.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This case suggests that Cfv could lead to human systemic infections such as meningitis and that companion animals, in addition to well-known animal hosts, could be sources of transmission.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12879-021-07007-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,27]],"date-time":"2021-12-27T11:05:55Z","timestamp":1640603155000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis meningitis associated with a companion dog in a young adult: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Yeol Jung","family":"Seong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seung Hun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eun Jin","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Young Hwa","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tae-Joon","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wee Gyo","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6548-1939","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jung Yeon","family":"Heo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"7007_CR1","first-page":"2485","volume-title":"Principles and practice of infectious diseases","author":"BM Allos","year":"2015","unstructured":"Allos BM, Iovine NM, Blaser MJ. 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