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A discrepant presentation of bacteremia in the emergency department linked to a Fusobacterium nucleatum infection: a case report

BACKGROUND: Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic bacterium mainly responsible for acute or chronic infection of the ear, nose, and throat, potentially bacteremic with a risk of extraoral metastatic infection. Bacteremia occurs mainly in the elderly or in immunodeficient individuals, with high mor...

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Autores principales: Michel, Johnny, Joly, Luc-Marie, Lvovschi, Virginie Eve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8724744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34983630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-03208-3