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Purpura fulminans due to Enterococcus cecorum in an asplenic patient

Enterococcus cecorum was initially isolated from the intestine of poultry and is an uncommon cause of human infection. We report here what we believe to be the first case of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) with purpura fulminans due to Enterococcus cecorum in a 51-year-old man. As opp...

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Autores principales: Lundy, Alexia, Claudinon, Aurore, Tirolien, Jo-Anna, Plantefève, Gaëtan, Contou, Damien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9163486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35669525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01522