Chromobacterium haemolyticum Pneumonia Associated with Near-Drowning and River Water, Japan

We report a severe case of Chromobacterium haemolyticum pneumonia associated with near-drowning and detail the investigation of the pathogen and river water. Our genomic and environmental investigation demonstrated that river water in a temperate region can be a source of C. haemolyticum causing hum...

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Autores principales: Kanamori, Hajime, Aoyagi, Tetsuji, Kuroda, Makoto, Sekizuka, Tsuyoshi, Katsumi, Makoto, Ishikawa, Kenichiro, Hosaka, Tatsuhiko, Baba, Hiroaki, Oshima, Kengo, Tokuda, Koichi, Hasegawa, Masatsugu, Kawazoe, Yu, Kushimoto, Shigeki, Kaku, Mitsuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818399
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.190670
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Sumario:We report a severe case of Chromobacterium haemolyticum pneumonia associated with near-drowning and detail the investigation of the pathogen and river water. Our genomic and environmental investigation demonstrated that river water in a temperate region can be a source of C. haemolyticum causing human infections.

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