COVID-19–Associated Fusobacterium nucleatum Bacteremia, Belgium

We report 4 cases of Fusobacterium nucleatum bacteremia associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Three cases occurred concomitantly with COVID-19 diagnosis; 1 occurred on day 15 of intensive care. None of the patients had known risk factors for F. nucleatum bacteremia. F. nucleatum infection...

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Autores principales: Wolff, Louis, Martiny, Delphine, Deyi, Véronique Yvette Miendje, Maillart, Evelyne, Clevenbergh, Philippe, Dauby, Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33292922
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.202284
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author Wolff, Louis
Martiny, Delphine
Deyi, Véronique Yvette Miendje
Maillart, Evelyne
Clevenbergh, Philippe
Dauby, Nicolas
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spelling pubmed-79206802021-03-04 COVID-19–Associated Fusobacterium nucleatum Bacteremia, Belgium Wolff, Louis Martiny, Delphine Deyi, Véronique Yvette Miendje Maillart, Evelyne Clevenbergh, Philippe Dauby, Nicolas Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report 4 cases of Fusobacterium nucleatum bacteremia associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Three cases occurred concomitantly with COVID-19 diagnosis; 1 occurred on day 15 of intensive care. None of the patients had known risk factors for F. nucleatum bacteremia. F. nucleatum infection could represent a possible complication of COVID-19. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7920680/ /pubmed/33292922 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.202284 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Wolff, Louis
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Maillart, Evelyne
Clevenbergh, Philippe
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COVID-19–Associated Fusobacterium nucleatum Bacteremia, Belgium
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topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920680/
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