Detection of Fusobacterium nucleatum in culture-negative brain abscess by broad-spectrum bacterial 16S rRNA Gene PCR

BACKGROUND: Fusobacterium nucleatum is a strict anaerobic microorganism commensal to the human oropharynx and gastrointestinal tract, which causes a wide spectrum of human diseases and it is an important pathogen in abscesses. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a previously healthy 64-year-old...

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Autores principales: Chakvetadze, Catherine, Purcarea, Anastasia, Pitsch, Aurelia, Chelly, Jonathan, Diamantis, Sylvain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5430554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28516038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.04.013

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