Fatal Meningitis in Patient with X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease Caused by Virulent Granulibacter bethesdensis

Granulibacter bethesdensis is a pathogen reported to cause recurrent lymphadenitis exclusively in persons with chronic granulomatous disease. We report a case of fatal meningitis caused by a highly virulent G. bethesdensis strain in an adolescent in Europe who had chronic granulomatous disease.

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Autores principales: Rebelo, Mafalda, Ding, Li, Cordeiro, Ana Isabel, Neves, Conceição, Simões, Maria João, Zelazny, Adrian M., Holland, Steven M., Neves, João Farela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31002074
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181505

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