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Purpura fulminans with Lemierre’s syndrome caused by Gemella bergeri and Eikenella corrodens: a case report

BACKGROUND: Gemella bergeri is one of the nine species of the genus Gemella and is relatively difficult to identify. We herein describe the first case of septic shock due to a Gemella bergeri coinfection with Eikenella corrodens. CASE PRESENTATION: A 44-year-old Asian man with a medical history of I...

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Autores principales: Yamagishi, Toshinobu, Hikone, Mayu, Sugiyama, Kazuhiro, Tanabe, Takahiro, Wada, Yasuhiro, Furugaito, Michiko, Arai, Yuko, Uzawa, Yutaka, Mizushima, Ryo, Kamada, Keisuke, Itakura, Yasutomo, Iguchi, Shigekazu, Yoshida, Atsushi, Kikuchi, Ken, Hamabe, Yuichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30340466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3437-6