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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...
Autor principal: | Lo, Tze Shien |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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