Bacteremia due to Dysgonomonas spp: A report of two cases

We report the first documented case of bacteremia caused by a Dysgonomonas species in a patient undergoing hemodialysis and a new case of bacteremia caused by D. capnocytophagoides in a patient with biliary tract infection.

Bibliographic Details
Authors: Almuzara, Marisa; Cittadini, Roxana; Ladelfa, Maria Fatima; Olivieri, Laura; Ramirez, Maria Soledad; Zamponi, Juan Carlos; Famiglietti, Angela María Rosa; Vay, Carlos Alberto
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2009
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/157935
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/157935
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Bacteremia
Dysgonomonas spp
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
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Description
Summary:We report the first documented case of bacteremia caused by a Dysgonomonas species in a patient undergoing hemodialysis and a new case of bacteremia caused by D. capnocytophagoides in a patient with biliary tract infection.