First case of human bacteraemia by Catabacter hongkongensis in Scandinavia
Catabacter hongkongensis was isolated and cultured from human blood for the first time in Scandinavia. The patient, an 83-year-old man from Dalarna, Sweden, recovered without antibiotic treatment, although a high mortality rate associated with C. hongkongensis infection had been reported from China,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-01-01
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| Series: | New Microbes and New Infections |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297516301056 |