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A cavitary pneumonia caused by leptotrichia species in an immunocompetent patient

Leptotrichia species (LS) is an anaerobic Gram negative bacillus in the Bacteroidaceae family and part of the normal human oral flora. It is rarely pathogenic, but occasionally causes diseases in immunocompromised hosts. I am reporting a case of cavitary pneumonia caused by LS in an immunocompetent...

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Autor principal: Lo, Tze Shien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470931
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e24