Butyricimonas virosa bacteraemia and bowel disease: case report and review

Only two cases of human infection with the anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus Butyricimonas virosa have been previously reported. We describe the case of a 69-year-old man with B. virosa and diverticulitis, further supporting an association of bacteraemia with this pathogen to bowel disease. We also s...

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Autores principales: Enemchukwu, C.U., Ben-Faras, H., Gialanella, P., Szymczak, W.A., Nosanchuk, J.D., Madaline, T.F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
New Microbes in Humans
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4925910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27408738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.004
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Sumario:Only two cases of human infection with the anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus Butyricimonas virosa have been previously reported. We describe the case of a 69-year-old man with B. virosa and diverticulitis, further supporting an association of bacteraemia with this pathogen to bowel disease. We also summarize the characteristics of the previously described cases.

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