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Streptococcus canis Bacteremia in a Renal Transplant Recipient

A middle-aged man presented with fever and shortness of breath. He had significant history of congestive heart disease and received deceased donor renal transplant 2 years prior to presentation. He was febrile and found to have sepsis. His initial blood cultures grew Streptococcus canis. Streptococc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zaidi, Syed M. H., Eranki, Ambika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6444772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30929468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709619834592
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Sumario:A middle-aged man presented with fever and shortness of breath. He had significant history of congestive heart disease and received deceased donor renal transplant 2 years prior to presentation. He was febrile and found to have sepsis. His initial blood cultures grew Streptococcus canis. Streptococcus canis causes rare infection in humans, and this is most likely the first case in the renal transplant population.