Abstract
A case of Campylobacter upsaliensis isolated by blood culture from a child with fulminant hepatitis A virus infection is described. The organism was identified by negative results of catalase, hippurate hydrolysis and H sub(2)S production, positive oxidase test, growth at 37 degree C and 42 degree C in a microaerophilic atmosphere, failure to grow at 25 degree C and susceptibility to cephalothin and nalidixic acid. Previously reported cases are reviewed.