Burkholderia fungorum Septicemia

We report the first case of community-acquired bacteremia with Burkholderia fungorum, a newly described member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. A 9-year-old girl sought treatment with septic arthritis in her right knee and ankle with soft tissue involvement. Commercial identification systems did...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gerrits, G. Peter, Klaassen, Corné, Coenye, Tom, Vandamme, Peter, Meis, Jacques F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3371813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16022793
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1107.041290
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Sumario:We report the first case of community-acquired bacteremia with Burkholderia fungorum, a newly described member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. A 9-year-old girl sought treatment with septic arthritis in her right knee and ankle with soft tissue involvement. Commercial identification systems did not identify the causative microorganism.

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