Bacterium
campylobacter fetus
cam·py·lo·bac·ter fe·tus
Subclass of:
Campylobacter
Definitions related to campylobacter fetus:
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A species of bacteria present in man and many kinds of animals and birds, often causing infertility and/or abortion.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of microaerophilic, Gram-negative, curved or spiral bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile using a single polar flagellum, oxidase positive, catalase positive, indole negative, reduces nitrates, and does not produce hydrogen sulfide. C. fetus is an opportunistic microbe that causes bacteremia, thrombophlebitis, septicemia, and is a suspected pathogen in immunocompromised patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. In sheep and cattle this bacterium is known to cause abortions, infertility, enteritis and bovine genital campylobacteriosis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Campylobacter fetus.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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