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Escherichia coli bloodstream infection preceding the diagnosis of rectal carcinoma

BACKGROUND: Cancer is one of the major comorbidities in patients with sepsis, and conversely, bloodstream infections (BSI) may precede the diagnosis of colorectal malignancy, in particular when Streptococcus gallolyticus is isolated. We present the rare case of an Escherichia coli BSI preceding the...

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Autores principales: Thoma, Reto, Häuptle, Pirmin, Degen, Lukas, Bassetti, Stefano, Osthoff, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy084